Broken Rice – Com Tam Sai Gon
Saigon people can eat Broken Rice in the morning, afternoon and evening. Eaten until … addicted and then have guests from far away, want to eat something strange, typical of Saigon, confused about hundreds of thousands of dishes, which dishes are typical of this land. Think for a moment, then remember: “Rice broken heng?”.
Broken Rice is cooked from… Broken Rice. In the process of milling and pounding the rice, the germ at the top of the rice grain (about 1/10th of a grain of rice) peeled off is called broken, the fine powder layer surrounding the rice peeled off is called bran. Plate is the crystallization of the whole rice plant on the grain. This quintessential part was not much, so in feudal times, only the rank of dignitary and householder could eat Broken Rice.
When the plate is cooked, the lid has not been opened yet, the fragrance has flown out, more fragrant than eight rice. The plate also does not expand like regular rice, but only swells, the taste is sweeter than rice. Cooking plates is not easy, you have to get used to your hands, enough water, the fire must be even, but it must be a wood fire, an earthen pot or a cast iron pot. But there is another way to cook easier and still delicious rice. The sheet is soaked in clean water for a few hours and then steamed in a water bath until cooked.
Broken Rice Ingredients
Broken Rice is itself a delicious dish, but it’s popular or high-class depending on the accompanying food. Broken rice can be eaten with grilled chicken, grilled ribs, fish dishes, shrimp, braised meat, add pickles, fried spring onions sprinkled on rice, fresh chili or chili sauce, soy sauce… But broken rice has been around since the beginning. ” is broken rice with ribs-pie-cha.
A delicious plate of Broken Rice must combine senses, smell and taste. Sensory: The rice is right, spongy, the ribs are marinated with just enough spices, well grilled to have a golden, rich color, crispy on the outside but soft and sweet on the inside. Smell: the sweet aroma of Broken Rice blends into the flavor of ribs, sauce, fat, fried onions… Taste: Sweet rice, sweet ribs, rich in spices, fat of fat has penetrated deep into the ribs. .
Broken Rice with Saigon people is like pho with Hanoians. In Saigon, there are many luxuriously designed broken rice restaurants and there are many popular broken rice shops, but customers “drivers” still come and dine every day. In fact, broken rice is not only of Saigon but a common “property” for the whole continent of Cochinchina, a dish of “borderless”, “classless”, although it has not been honored like pho but also known as pho. across the ocean to Russia, to America and other countries. Working people love broken rice, civil servants love broken rice, and students also choose broken rice as a “gentle friend” because it’s easy to find and affordable.
The rib cutlet is thinly sliced, marinated with garlic, sugar, soy sauce, and a little colored water. The ribs are tough, firm, rich, very tasty. The rice is served with sour food and each portion has a small cup of broth with the rice, which is very satisfying. That broken rice cart is sold in the morning, so delicious that until a few decades later, the owner of the restaurant must have become a genius, but those who often come to eat there still remember it forever.
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Now, broken rice is rich in side dishes, but the original Saigon people still prefer to eat the “original” broken rice style. That is, only eat with grilled ribs. Saigon people sometimes only stick to a certain broken rice restaurant for a few decades, according to their taste. Many broken rice shops also keep customers with their own secrets in broken rice and grilled ribs.
The strange thing is that broken rice must be eaten at the restaurant, the wooden table has some glues containing minced chili, pickled garlic, and sour sauce; Broken rice eaten with ribs grilled on charcoal, adding skin, egg rolls, sweet and sour fish sauce is delicious. If otherwise, suddenly “out of mouth” completely.
Many documents claim that broken rice was brought by Hainan people who immigrated to Vietnam. In a document, writer Son Nam wrote: “The most popular buffet dish is rice fork, used with a spoon and fork, eaten with grilled pork ribs, or a few shrimps, fried eggs, roasted pork, braised duck eggs.
Rice was originally an initiative of Hainan people, working as chefs for Europeans, applied to the common people. Ben Thanh market has long been famous for selling delicious, clean and cheapest rice, or eating vermicelli, grilled spring rolls, pancakes instead of rice.
Broken rice stretches across the country, but only in Saigon does broken rice become the unique culinary culture of this city of 100,000 people. The density “covers” throughout the big alley, small alley, from the dust shop to the luxury restaurant. Broken rice was voted by CNN as one of the 10 most attractive dishes in Saigon, and was honored by the Asian Record Organization. Although the “Pearl of the Far East” gathers culinary quintessence from all over the country and abroad, broken rice still has its own most favored position in the hearts of Saigon people.
