Translations:Vietnamese cuisine/78/en

Fermented meat dishes

Nem chua, a sweet, sour, salty and spicy fermented pork or beef sausage, usually served with a slice of garlic, bird's eye chili and Vietnamese coriander

Nem chua, a Vietnamese fermented meat served as is or fried, is made from pork meat, coated by fried rice (thính gạo), mixed with pork skin and then wrapped in country gooseberry leaves (lá chùm ruột) or Erythrina orientalis leaves (lá vông nem). The preservation process takes about three to five days.