Simple Vietnamese Egg Rolls Recipe [Chả Giò]

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3-Ingredient Vietnamese Peanut Sauce Recipe for Spring Rolls [in 5 minutes!]

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Easiest Vietnamese Sour Soup (Canh Chua) Recipe with Shrimp

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Longanisa Gumbo

Longanisa Gumbo is a rich Louisiana-style stew that weaves together Cajun and Filipino flavors. The dark roux is cooked with bell pepper, onions, celery, tender shrimp, chicken and a sweet sausage called longanisa. Then, instead of your average white rice, it is served with fragrant garlic fried rice.

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Truffle Kobe Beef Risotto

Truffle Kobe Beef Risotto merges Japanese and Italian flavors – resulting in a dish that might be damn near the best thing you’ve ever had (seriously, I’d hate to toot my own horn but I am leaning on the horn all the way home on this one). We took arborio rice and cooked in a sweet yakiniku sauce until it’s perfectly tender, then combined it with leeks, onions, roasted mushrooms and thinly-sliced American Kobe-style beef. The risotto is finished with shaved parmesan, green onions, and truffle oil.

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Pho Quesadilla Dip

The pho quesadilla dip is made from thinly sliced filet mignon marinated in pho flavors, rice noodles, chopped herbs, and melted mozzarella cheese – all stuffed between toasted flour tortillas and served with a pho broth, sriracha, and hoisin sauce.

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Pumpkin Pie & Butternut Squash Soup

We took pumpkin pie filling, blended in the flavors of butternut squash soup, and served it chilled and topped with caramelized pumpkin seeds, whipped cream and pie crust crumbles. It’s the best (and probably the only) damn dessert soup you’ll have that is most festively fitting for the fall.

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Pork Belly Mac n KimChi[eese]

Pork Belly Mac n KimChi(eese) melds together creamy macaroni and cheese with the sweet and spicy flavors of kimchi and the deliciously fattiness of pork belly. I had my doubts about combining kimchi with cheese but it surprisingly worked incredibly well! This dish combines the very best of western and eastern cultures.

Brazilian Philly Cheesesteak Sliders

Brazilian Philly Cheesesteak Sliders is the product of Brazilian cheese bread lined with a chimichurri mayo and stuffed with thinly-sliced steak seared with caramelized onions and topped with cheese whiz. Did I mention the cheese bread is toasted with garlic butter. Yes indeedy – it is a bite of everything that is good in this world.

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Mango Sticky Rice Avocado Toast

We sweetened up the beloved avocado toast with condensed milk, fresh mango, a coconut milk sauce, and rice crisps to make the Mango Sticky Rice Avocado Toast. Creamy avocado is mashed and mixed with condensed milk, spread onto toast, topped with thinly sliced mango and drizzled with a sweet and salty coconut milk. Rice crisps finished off this dish to add texture.

Chicken Cordon Bleu-Stuffed Buffalo Wings

What makes a chicken cordon bleu-stuffed buffalo wing? Take chicken wings, debone them, stuff them with swiss cheese and smoked ham, dredge them in bread crumbs, fry them up to a crisp and finish them in the oven until the cheese oozes out. You get the slight crunch, fatty skin, and spice from the buffalo wings, combined with the salty-rich flavors of herbed bread crumbs, cheese, and ham from the chicken cordon bleu-inspired ingredients.

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Pork Tonkatsu Flatbread

Pork Tonkatsu Flatbread is a Middle Eastern / Japanese “pizza” of sorts. Soft flatbread is topped with fresh parmesan cheese and crispy pork tonkatsu and baked to a slight crisp. Thinly sliced cucumber along with a tonkatsu and tzatziki sauce is then added to the mix. As a finishing touch, the flatbread is topped with green onions and black sesame seeds.

Paella Spring Rolls

Paella Spring Rolls is what I envision a Spanish-Vietnamese wedding would serve (and perhaps it’s already happened!). Shrimp is marinated in smoked paprika and oregano and cooked with a sofrito of onions, parsley, garlic, and of course the star ingredient of any paella – saffron. Along with sliced Chinese style sausage, the spring rolls are stuffed with Vietnamese ingredients such as rice vermicelli, Thai basil, chives and mint, and Spanish ingredients such as lima beans and roasted peppers. All of these beautifully fresh ingredients are rolled into a rice paper and the spring rolls are served with a zesty peanut-tomato sauce topped with the saffron-infused sofrito.

Maple Cream Cookie Latte

Picture a maple syrup-infused vanilla cream cookie, made drinkable, and pumped full of caffeine – that is the Maple Cream Cookie Latte. Fresh espresso is combined with a splash of vanilla, sweetened with maple syrup, and mixed with frothed half and half. To make the rich beverage even richer, I topped it off with whipped cream, cookie crumbles, and more maple syrup. It will take you on a magical sugar/caffeine high before the inevitable nap time!

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Chilaquiles Carbonara

Chilaquiles Carbonara blends together the creamy flavors of Roman Carbonara with the zestiness of Mexican Chilaquiles. Egg is the common ingredient between these two dishes which fuses nicely together in this hybrid recipe. We took rigatoni pasta tossed in an egg and pecorino cheese sauce, then drizzled salsa verde and topped it off with crispy italian-herb breadcrumbs, cilantro and queso fresco.

Honey Walnut Shrimp Poutine

Crispy fries and fried shrimp tossed in a white gravy, cheese curds, candied walnuts and drizzled with a bit of honey – this is Honey Walnut Shrimp Poutine. This creation combines the sweetness of the Chinese-American dish Honey Walnut Shrimp with savory flavors from the Canadian-born poutine. The result is a mound of rich and creamy fried goodness!

Raspberry Cheesecake Gnocchi

Raspberry Cheesecake Gnocchi takes a savory Italian favorite and turns it into a sweet and slightly tart dessert. The gnocchi (dumplings) are made from cream cheese, ricotta cheese and a graham cracker flour, pan-fried in brown butter and served with a homemade raspberry sauce.

BBQ Baby Back Rib Baos

This recipe combines the southern flavors of baby back ribs with Taiwanese spices and ingredients. The ribs are slow-cooked in an oven with a brown sugar dry rub until the meat falls off the bone. They are then brushed with a sweet and spicy Taiwanese barbecue sauce, stuffed in a bao and garnished with a spicy cucumber slaw, pickled mustard greens, peanuts and cilantro.

Bacon Cheeseburger Hummus

Bacon cheeseburger hummus blends together the mediterannean flavors of zesty chickpeas with the taste of the all-American cheeseburger. Chickpeas are processed until smooth with lemon juice, tahini and spices then topped with ground beef, cheese, bacon bits, tomatoes and onions. The dip is best served with toasted pita bread for a savory snack or nice appetizer for any party.

Tres Leches Fried Bananas (Turon)

Tres Leches Fried Bananas is inspired by the popular street food – turon (deep fried bananas), and the rich and sweet tres leches cake. In this recipe, we marinated bananas in a tres leches sauce, wrapped them in egg roll wrappers, fried them up and served them with a thick, decadent tres leches sauce.

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