Hmong food
Welcome to Hmong Food home cooking website where you will learn the basics of Hmong cooking as well as other Asian recipes, with a few of them being my own creations. We all know asian food when we see it, but what's Hmong food? Some of what we know as Hmong Food in America today are recreations of popular asian dishes that the Hmong people have learned to cook by living amongst the Lao and Thai people. They are rich in flavors and pleasing to our taste buds such as curry, Pho beef noodle soup, papaya salad and three color drink (aka Nab Vam). You will also be guided into learning actual traditional Hmong food that is made with simple flavors which reflects Hmong people lifestyle as agriculturalists. This is the first cooking website that will share many of these traditional and modern Hmong and Asian recipes that you would particularly find on a Hmong American family dinner table.
Mushroom Pepper Dipping – Kua Txob Nceb
Mushroom Pepper Dipping - Kua Txob Nceb
This is a traditional hmong pepper dipping sauce made with mushroom. This dipping is particularly good with ovened, grilled or bbq meat. Or as a vegetarian you can also eat this by itself with some steamed white rice it tastes great! You can either oven or broil mushroom in a pot to make this dipping but this recipe will ask you to boil.
Preparation: 5 min. Cooking: 15
Read the full recipeLemongrass Marinated Pork
Lemongrass Marinated Pork
My brother in law makes this amazing lemongrass marinated pork ribs. My recipe is almost as good as his and I want to share it with you! Make sure to serve it with steamed white rice and pepper sauce. Your family will surely be grubbing on these!
Preparation: 10 minutes. Cooking: 15-20 minutes
Quails with bamboo shoots – Noog Hau
Quails specifically are very healthy as these birds contain a lot more nutrients and less fat than say a chicken does. I love quail and I love anything with hmong bamboo shoots. You can acquire Hmong bamboo shoots only during certain times of the year at the hmong markets. Hmong bamboo shoots are tender and crunchy and well preserved. However, regular bamboo shoots can be substituted for this dish.
Preparation: 5 minutes. Cooking: 10 minutes.
Read the full recipeChicken Poppers with Basil leaves – Nqaij Qaib Kib
Chicken poppers
No doubt Chicken tastes great with basil leaves. You may have tried chicken poppers before from certain asian restaurants. Now you can learn how to make it at home!
Lumpia Eggrolls
Lumpia eggrolls
It was probably way back in high school when a filipino classmate brought some lumpia eggrolls to a potluck. It was the first time I ever had them and I was really amazed how less ingredients in an eggroll can taste just as good as a Hmong eggroll which contains more ingredients. But you also can’t compare the two because both have a completely different taste from one another. Lumpia eggrolls are wrapped thinner and tighter, and are made with ground beef. They can be very addicting as appetizers!
Scrambled eggs with melted Tomatoes – Qe Kib xyaw txiv lwm suav
Qe Kib saw txiv lwm suav
My mother tells me that in Laos, Hmong people would just fry lots of tomatoes from their garden and scramble in some eggs from their chicken coop. This is perfect for breakfast. It’s so simple and it tastes much better than it looks! This is one of my favorite ways to eat eggs and could be yours too.
Preparation: 5 minutes. Cooking: 10 minutes.
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