Vietnamese Sizzling Crepe Recipe (Bánh Xèo)
This delicious southern-style Sizzling Crepe (Bánh Xèo) is mainly made from rice flour, coconut milk, beer, turmeric and chopped green onion; stuffed with cooked pork, shrimps, and bean sprouts. Traditionally, we do not use beer in the batter, but I have found that beer will make the crepe crisper and also give it a very good taste. You can make this pancake for your loved ones in weekends or family reunion party.
You can use either a non-stick pan or a cast iron skillet for this recipe.
These crepes are usually served with Vietnamese Dipping Sauce or soy sauce. And, we usually warp the crepes in lettuce. You can check out the recipe to make this sauce, http://www.npfamilyrecipes.com/recipe/vietnamese-dipping-sauce-nuoc-mam-pha/
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Vietnamese Sizzling Crepe (Bánh Xèo)
Ingredients
For the fillings
- 1 lb pork (or chicken breast)
- 1 lb shrimp
- 1 bag bean sprout
- 3 garlic clove
- 1 bun green onion
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground pepper
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp fish sauce
- 5 tsp vegetable oil
For the batter
- 2 cup rice flour
- 1 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1 can coconut milk (400 ml)
- 1 can beer (or water)
Accompaniments
- 1 mustard green
- 1 cucumber
- Vietnamese Dipping Sauce
Instructions
- Cut green onions in half. Mince only the white part; chop the green part finely. Mince garlic cloves coarsely. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together all the batter ingredients until smooth. Add chopped green onions. Stir well. Let it sit from now.
- Thinly slice the pork and marinate with 1/2 amount of minced onion, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. ground pepper, 1/2 tsp. sugar, and 1/2 tsp. fish sauce. Mix up. Set aside. Marinate the shrimps with remaining minced onion, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. ground pepper. Mix up. Marinate for 5 minutes.
- In a saucepan, heat 1/2 tsp. vegetable oil on medium high heat. Add 1/2 amount of minced garlic. Sauté until fragrant. Add shrimps. Cook and stir for 3 minutes or until turn pink. Place on a dish. Once again, add 1/2 tsp. vegetable oil into that pan. Add remaining minced garlic. Sauté and add marinated pork. Stir and cook for 5 minutes. Transfer on a dish with shrimps. Set aside.
- Heat a pan on medium high heat. Add 1/2 tsp. oil and swirl slightly to coat the pan's bottom and sides. Stir the batter up and ladle it into the pan (just enough to cover the bottom of the pan.) Swirl around the pan to distribute evenly. Then place cooked pork, shrimps, and bean sprouts on one side of the pan. Cover with lid and cook for 1 minute. Then remove the lid and cook for another 1 minute. Wrap up and remove the crepe. Repeat with the remaining batter and fillings.
- To serve: Take a piece of mustard green leaf. Place in a small piece of crepe along with fillings and cucumber slices. Wrap up the mustard green piece and dip in Vietnamese Dipping Sauce and enjoy. Or You can place the crepe into a dish; cut into bite size pieces by using a scissor. Cut mustard green into small pieces. Place in cucumber slices. Pour in Vietnamese Dipping Sauce. Mix up and enjoy!
- Serve hot
Notes
Main Ingredient Cost
Pork $2.99
Shrimp $5.44
Rice flour $0.84
Coconut milk $1.19
Green onion $0.78
Mustard green $1.69
Cucumber $0.96
Bean sprout $1.48
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$15.37 ̣($1.02/serving)