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Vietnamese Sunday dinners

Vietnamese cooking runs cooler and fresher than its neighbours: raw herbs by the plateful, dressings built on fish sauce and lime rather than oil, and grilled meat used as one component of a bowl rather than the centre of a plate. It is the most naturally light way to eat on this list, and the one where the salad is doing as much work as anything that touched heat.

17 plans in the Sunday Gallery.

What Vietnamese plans look like

Most common mains

  • pork7
  • chicken4
  • duck2
  • vegetarian2
  • fish1

How they're cooked

  • Braised8
  • Grilled5
  • Pan-seared3
  • Steamed1

Diets they fit

  • Dairy-free11
  • Nut-free11
  • Gluten-free4
  • Pescatarian4
  • No pork, no alcohol3

The plans

How Vietnamese dinners here are cooked

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