Banh hue refers to a family of rice flour cakes popular in Hue and central Vietnam. Types of banh hue include banh beo, banh nam, banh loc, banh ram it, banh uot, and cha tom.

Banh beo is perhaps the most well-known among Hue’s family of rice flour cakes. At its most basic, it consists of a steamed rice cake topped with dried shrimp and pork rinds, but it can be topped with other ingredients as well like scallions, roasted peanuts, mung bean paste, and fried shallots. It’s served with a side of nuoc cham (fish sauce).

The different types of banh hue vary in presentation, ingredients, and method but they all seem to be made with rice flour and shrimp in some form. Because the recipes share similar ingredients, they taste relatively similar – silky, soft, and loaded with umami.

Web editor: Wang Xiaoxuan

Reviewer1: Zhang Yanlan

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