Scruff & Steph

Vietnamese and Other Home Cooking

Vietnamese Shrimp Shell Fry (Tep Rang)

September 23, 2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

A bowl of Vietnamese shrimp shell fry with a wooden spoon and half a lemon.

One of our favourite traditional dishes is Vietnamese shrimp shell fry (tep rang)! This dish uses baby shrimp that have been dried out to the point where it’s just the shell remaining. It is then seasoned and fried with garlic and fish sauce to create a weird, whacky but totally delicious dish. You can buy […]

Happy Family Stir Fry

August 30, 2022.Reading time 14 minutes.

Happy Family Stir Fry is a Chinese-inspired dish that is a mashup of meat, seafood and vegetables tossed in a flavourful light brown gravy. The combination of proteins can be a little weird but we assure you it works! The stir fry is usually served with white jasmine rice but you can also have it […]

Vietnamese Egg Meatloaf (Cha Trung)

June 9, 2021.Reading time 18 minutes.

Vietnamese egg meatloaf in a fry pan

Vietnamese egg meatloaf is an easy and versatile dish that can be eaten as a rice dish or on is own as a snack.

Bo Kho – Vietnamese Beef Stew (Stovetop & Instant Pot)

February 27, 2021.Reading time 21 minutes.

A bowl of bo kho garnished with fresh coriander, served with crusty bread.

An aromatic beef stew commonly eaten for breakfast with crusty bread.

Vietnamese Bitter Melon Soup (Canh Kho Qua)

January 20, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

A grey bowl of bitter melon soup.

A soup made with hollowed-out bitter melons stuffed with a pork mince mixture and cooked in a light vegetable broth.

Thit Kho (Vietnamese Braised Caramelised Pork)

January 8, 2021.Reading time 17 minutes.

A white bowl of braised pork and eggs

If there was a dish that was the flagship of Vietnamese home comfort food it would be thit kho or braised caramelised pork.