Chef Helen Nguyen’s recipe for Banh Xeo

By Helen Nguyen
Filling:
- ½ lb pork butt or pork belly, cut into thin sliced
- 1 cup mung bean (peeled, soaked)
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- ½ lb of shrimp (med to L size, peeled, deveined)
- 1 yellow onion (med) thinly sliced
- 4 cups of bean sprouts
Batter:
- 12 oz rice flour
- 1 Tbsp turmeric powder
- 2 Tbsp corn starch
- 3 cups of warm water
- 8 oz coconut milk
- 6 oz beer
- 1 cup of chopped scallions
- 1/2 tsp salt
Accompaniments:
- Green leaf lettuce
- Mint (Rau Thom)
- Perilla (Tia To)
- Basil (Rau Que)
- Nuoc Mam Cham
- Pickled carrots & daikon
