Bun bo vien cha gio (meatballs and noodles with spring rolls)

Name: Bun bo vien cha gio (meatballs and noodles with spring rolls)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 40 g bread; 40 g full cream milk; 1 stalk fresh lemongrass; 3 cm piece fresh ginger; 1 fresh long red chilli; 2 tsp fish sauce; 500 g beef mince; 500 g water; 80 g honey; 40 g soy sauce; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 1 lime; 2 garlic cloves; 1 fresh bird's eye chilli; 60 g fish sauce; 60 g white vinegar; 125 g unsweetened coconut water; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 2 tbsp lime juice; 150 g vermicelli noodles; boiling water; green lettuce leaves; 1 cucumber; 4 sprigs fresh coriander; 4 sprigs fresh Thai basil; 1 fresh long red chilli; 4 spring rolls

4.5 31 ratings

Prep. 25 min

Total 1 h 10 min

4 portions

Ingredients

Meatballs

bread (approx. 1 slice), torn into pieces
40 g
full cream milk
40 g
fresh lemongrass white part only
1 stalk
piece fresh ginger peeled
3 cm
fresh long red chilli trimmed, deseeded if preferred and cut into halves
1
fish sauce
2 tsp
beef mince
500 g
water
500 g

Glaze

honey
80 g
soy sauce
40 g
fish sauce
1 tbsp
lime zest only
1

Nuoc cham dressing

garlic cloves
2
fresh bird's eye chilli trimmed and deseeded if preferred
1
fish sauce
60 g
white vinegar
60 g
unsweetened coconut water
125 g
caster sugar
2 tbsp
lime juice
2 tbsp

Salad

vermicelli noodles
150 g
boiling water for soaking
green lettuce leaves
cucumber deseeded and cut into slices on the diagonal
1
fresh coriander leaves only
4 sprigs
fresh Thai basil leaves only
4 sprigs
fresh long red chilli trimmed, deseeded if preferred and cut into thin slices (optional)
1
spring rolls cut into 3 pieces (see Tips)
4