November 2, 2019

Vietnamese Pizza (Banh Trang Nuong)

This is going to be a quick blog post – I made this on my Instagram a while ago and I’m posting the written recipe here now that I have this blog. Scroll down my highlights for visual reference at @pokethedough

I know it says calzone but I figured it was appropriate because it’s folded in half

Banh trang nuong is a popular street snack in Vietnam that can consist of a variety of toppings like egg, pink sausage, scallions, chili paste, laughing cow cheese, sweet chili sauce, pate, mayo, and fried shallots – all sandwiched together between crispy rice paper.

The name Vietnamese Pizza came from its visual appearance – a round blank slate and toppings. Is this anything like pizza or calzones? Nah, but the english translation of this street snack is admittedly pretty catchy so I can see how the name stuck.

I’m pretty happy with how this turned out. Making this on the stovetop is not going to be crispy as the ones made on a grill on the street, but I’d say it’s even more flavorsome because of everything I put in it – it’s highly customizable!

Ingredients

Serves 1

These amounts are actually guestimates – really just have these ingredients on hand and make these to your liking

1 standard size rice paper round sheet

1 tbsp chopped scallions

2 tsp chili paste (I used Sambal)

1 egg

1/4 cup pink sausage or low-sodium Spam cut into thin 1/4 inch sticks (see pictures)

1 triangle of Laughing Cow cheese

2 tsp sweet chili sauce

1 tbsp Japanese mayo

2 tbsp fried shallots

Instructions

Heat stovetop to high first. Place one sheet of rice paper on a flat crepe pan or large frying pan big enough to fit the whole sheet. Lower to medium-low heat.