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2. Stir-Fried Beef with Perilla Flowers
Stir-fried beef with perilla flowers is a savory dish perfect for hot days, offering nourishment for health. The combination of tender and chewy beef with crispy and sweet perilla flowers creates a rustic, delightful flavor that captivates anyone. Besides stir-frying, you can also add water to make a perilla flower soup, which pairs well with rice.
- Explore more: How to cook stir-fried beef with perilla flowers
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3. Fried Meatballs
Deliciously round and evenly fried meatballs are the perfect choice for a scorching summer. The golden and crispy outer layer encapsulates tender and moist meat inside. Depending on your family's taste, you can season and transform fried meatballs in various ways, such as: batter-coated fried meatballs, sweet and sour sauce-coated fried meatballs, garlic chili-rubbed fried meatballs, etc. Fried meatballs pair excellently with rice or bread.
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4. Saucy Crocodile Duck
When it comes to savory dishes perfect for hot days, the aromatic and nutritious Saucy Crocodile Duck is a must-try. This dish is commonly found on the dining tables of people in Northern Vietnam. It captivates with a subtle sourness and gentle sweetness from tamarind, harmonizing with the tender and chewy duck meat and the rich, starchy flavor of yams. Saucy Crocodile Duck is at its best when freshly cooked, enjoyed with water spinach and morning glory.
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5. Shredded and Sliced Chicken
If you're tired of plain boiled chicken, give the simple and enticing shredded and sliced chicken recipe a try. Shredded and sliced chicken (also known as shredded chicken salad) is a dish bursting with sweet and sour flavors that stimulate the taste buds. The dish is made from ingredients like shredded chicken, bean sprouts, cilantro, refreshing onions, making it suitable for hot weather. It not only ensures essential nutritional intake but also acts as a refreshing and cooling dish for the body.
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6. Braised Quail Eggs with Pork
Braised quail eggs with pork is a simple and comforting savory dish for hot days, perfect to pair with rice. A pot of flavorful braised quail eggs with pork can be enjoyed over 3-4 days, goes well with rice, bread, or instant noodles. The delicious end product features tender and flavorful meat, combined with plump quail eggs, making it a dish you'll never get tired of.
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7. Stuffed Steamed Squid – A Savory Dish for Hot Days
What could be better than adding richness to your summer meal with the enticing stuffed steamed squid dish? This dish complements rice, rich in flavor with tender steamed squid, not rubbery, combined with finely minced meat mixed with wood ear mushrooms stuffed inside. After cooking, slice the squid into rounds, add a sweet and sour fish sauce for dipping, and you're good to go. Additionally, you can elevate this savory dish for hot days by frying the squid with batter or a tomato sauce of your choice.
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8. Crab and Ceylon Spinach Soup
Crab and ceylon spinach soup is a familiar savory dish for every Vietnamese family on hot days. The soup has a sweet and fragrant taste, refreshing thanks to the harmonious flavor of field crab minced smoothly with ceylon spinach and asiatic pennywort. Enjoying a bowl of cool and sweet crab soup with boiled meat and a few salted tomatoes makes your family meal perfect.
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Apart from the crab soup with ceylon spinach, you can also explore two other cooking recipes:
- Ceylon Spinach Soup with Minced Meat
- How to Cook Ceylon Spinach Soup with Beef
9. Salted Fried Chicken
Salted fried chicken brings a unique flavor, a popular and beloved dish by many. Unlike regular boiled or fried chicken, salted fried chicken has juicy and tender meat with a crispy and fragrant salt crust. It's also an ideal snack for the gentlemen.
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10. Spare Rib and Pineapple Soup
Spare rib and pineapple soup is an easy-to-cook savory dish for hot days. The delicious soup features sweet and tender spare ribs with a subtly sweet and tangy broth from pineapple and tomatoes. The visually appealing red soup complements perfectly with white rice or fresh noodles.
Related: Sour Spare Rib Soup
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11. Beef Wrapped in Betel Leaves
Aside from traditional cooking methods, you can transform beef into a delicious and enticing dish known as beef wrapped in betel leaves. This is a rustic and purely Vietnamese dish where beef, after being wrapped in betel leaves, can be fried, steamed, or grilled according to your preference. The dish boasts a distinctive flavor with the fragrant aroma of betel leaves blending harmoniously with the rich taste of beef and accompanying ingredients. When enjoying beef wrapped in betel leaves, don't forget to pair it with sweet and sour dipping sauce, peanuts, green bananas, fresh vegetables, and noodles!
Mytour suggests: How to Make Grilled Beef in Betel Leaves with an Air Fryer
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Here are some interesting suggestions for savory dishes for hot days to spice up your family meals. Moreover, the culinary world offers many more delicious and enticing dishes that you can customize based on the preferences and tastes of your entire family. Don't forget to explore more mouth-watering recipes on Mytour Blog!
Explore more recipes:
- Delicious Summer Soups
- Northern Vietnam Summer Delicacies
