Mixed rice paper salad

Bánh tráng trộn, rice paper salad

Snacks

Vietnamese school children’s snack: rice paper strips mixed with shrimp, chili oil, kumquats, dried beef, and herbs.

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Born in Tây Ninh, “bánh tráng trộn” has become a favorite snack among Vietnamese schoolchildren and students, sold in small packets on the street. It consists of rice paper strips mixed with shrimp paste, chili oil, kumquat juice, dried beef, and fresh herbs.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time5 min
  • Total25 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodno cooking required
  • Estimated cost$5.84 $2.92 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.

Ingredients

2 people
  • $0.29
  • $0.19
  • $0.02
  • $0.10
  • $0.95
  • $4.29

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

  1. Cut the rice cakes into thin strips. ≈ 8 min
  2. Wash the Vietnamese cilantro and chop it finely. ≈ 8 min
  3. Squeeze the kumquats to extract the juice. ≈ 3 min
  4. Crumble the dried beef. ≈ 3 min
  5. Cook the quail eggs in water, then peel them.
  6. In a large mixing bowl, combine the sliced baguette, shrimp salad, spicy oil, kumquat juice, and dried beef. ≈ 4 min
  7. Add the Vietnamese cilantro and French shallots, then mix again.
  8. Serve with quail eggs and quartered green lemons. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Bánh tráng trộn, rice paper salad

  • 100 g of thin and pliable rice cakes$0.29
  • 2 tablespoons of shrimp salt$0.19
  • 1 teaspoon of chili oil (sa tế)$0.02
  • 1 tablespoon of French-fried shallots$0.10
  • 50 g of dried beef$0.95
  • 3 green lemons$4.29

Total$5.84

that's $2.92 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 100 g of thin and pliable rice cakes
  • 2 tablespoons of shrimp salt
  • 1 teaspoon of chili oil (sa tế)
  • 1 tablespoon of French-fried shallots
  • 2 kumquats
  • 1 small bunch of cilantro (Vietnamese cilantro)
  • 50 g of dried beef
  • quail eggs (optional)
  • 3 green lemons

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