“Wild” barbecue

The Christmas season in Western culture is like the New Year in Oriental culture – the season of reunion, the season that the expatriate birds return to gather with their families. In Vietnam, Christmas is an occasion for friend gathering. In the chilly air of the last days of the year, people are more likely to get closer. Nothing is better than having a barbecue in the terrace or in the garden of a friend’s house. If your group of friends are people who like traveling, sometimes you take the backpacks and go on the road together to somewhere far away, and make a “wild” barbecue outside with easy-to-find and inexpensive ingredients. This month, we will show you how to marinate grilled meat with fish, vegetables, fruits, and minimal spices like fish sauce, soy sauce, salt, pepper … that you can find both in the big city and the remote countryside.

BARBECUE FOR 5-7 PEOPLE

RECIPE

CHICKEN WING

• 600gr chicken wings
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• ½ tbsp honey
• 2/3 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 pinch of pepper
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 3 cloves minced garlic

BEEF

• 250gr thick sliced beef for grilling
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 pinch of pepper
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 1 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 clove shallots (finely chopped)

PORK BELLY

• 300gr pork belly
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 3 cloves minced garlic

 

FISH

• 370gr fish filley
• 1 tbsp cooking oil
• 3 stalks green onion
• 2 tbsp fish sauce

 

KING OYSTER MUSHROOMS

• 370gr king oyster mushroom (sliced thin)
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1 pinch pepper

PORK STUFFED TOMATOES

• 400gr ground pork
• 4 tomatoes
• 2,5 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 stalk green onions (finely chopped)
• 1 pinch pepper

 

OKRA

• 200gr okra (cut into bite size)
• 1 tbsp cooking oil
• 2 tbsp satay or cajun powder
• ¼ tsp salt

 

ZUCCHINI

• 2 zucchinis
• 1 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper

You can see how to do ithere

SESAME SALAD

RECOMMENDED TYPES OF VEGETABLES: : salads, apples, grapes, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers.

FORMULA OF SESAME SAUCE

• 5 tbsp soybean oil
• 10 tbsp sesame oil
• 5 tbsp vinegar
• 5 tbsp honey
• 5 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper
• Roasted sesames

You can see how to do it here