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Yen Mac sour spring rolls - Ninh Binh | Famous specialty of Ninh Binh province

Yen Mac  spring rolls is a specialty of Ninh Binh, created by the daughter of Senior Minister Pham Than Duat, Pham Thi Thu, based on the Hue royal jelly dish of the Nguyen Dynasty.

Meat to make spring rolls must be lean butt meat of pigs that have just been slaughtered, still warm. If you choose the loin, the pork shoulder will be mushy and not tasty. The meat is filtered out of the fat and the silver music is removed. Use a knife to cut each piece about half an inch long, 2-3 inches long, cut to where, use the knife to gradually soften the meat. there until soft, roll into hearing (rice roasted until golden brown and ground into powder). Then pack the meat into a clean cloth, squeeze out the water, then the spring rolls will not be damaged for a long time. Pork skin folds inward, tied and boiled, just cooked, not mushy because it is difficult to slice and not delicious. Take out the skin, press it to straighten, filter out the silver fat with a sharp knife until it is as thin as a paper, cut into small pieces like a string. After mixing meat with pork skin, adding salt and hearing to ferment, with enough dose of spring rolls will be sour and delicious, if there is little hearing and salt, spring rolls will be damaged, if too much spring rolls will sour quickly. Wrapping spring rolls with banana leaves, The outer layer of spring rolls is guava leaves so that when eaten, it has a fragrant taste. In the summer, wrapped spring rolls are edible after a day, in the fall after 2 days, in the winter after 3-4 days.

Eating  Yen Mac spring rolls  is best eaten with fig leaves, apricot leaves, and cloves. All create a very special synthesis, very passionate about the homeland. Whether eaten immediately or for a long time, when removing spring rolls, they are still loose, fresh, and have the pink color of pork.

Each spring roll here costs about 40,000 to 50,000 VND, try and feel the taste of spring rolls in different places. Especially, you will also enjoy spring rolls made from goat meat, why don’t you try it?

Món nem chua Ninh Bình
Ninh Binh fermented pork roll dish

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