Pork Asian

Vietnamese rice rolls (banh cuon)

Name: Vietnamese pork mince rice rolls (banh cuon) recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: /asian
Ingredients: 20.00 ml vegetable oil; 400g pork mince; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 20.00 ml finely grated fresh ginger; 2 tsp fish sauce; 1 tsp caster sugar; 300g banh cuon (rice noodle sheets, from Asian grocers); 150g red cabbage, shredded; 2 carrots, coarsely grated; 4 long green shallots, thinly sliced; 1 long red chilli, thinly sliced; 50g peanuts; Mint leaves, to serve; Crispy shallots, to serve; 40.00 ml fish sauce; 80ml lime juice; 30.00 ml caster sugar; 1 small red chilli, finely chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed

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by Lucy Nunes

Delicious Team

Aug 19, 2025

There's no need to travel to Vietnam to enjoy this beautiful simple dish. Made with silky rice noodles, fragrant pork mince and slaw, this family-friendly salad is super tasty, fresh and totally satisfying.

1 tbs vegetable oil
400g pork mince
4 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tbs finely grated fresh ginger
2 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp caster sugar
300g banh cuon (rice noodle sheets, from Asian grocers)
150g red cabbage, shredded
2 carrots, coarsely grated
4 long green shallots, thinly sliced
1 long red chilli, thinly sliced
1/3 cup (50g) salted roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
Mint leaves, to serve
Crispy shallots, to serve

Dressing

2 tbs fish sauce
1/3 cup (80ml) lime juice
1 1/2 tbs caster sugar
1 small red chilli, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed

Method

1.

For the dressing, place all ingredients in a screwtop jar with 2 tbs water. Close the lid and shake until sugar has dissolved.
2.

Heat the oil in a large frypan over high heat. Cook the pork, breaking up the mince with a spatula, for 5 minutes or until browned. Add garlic, ginger, fish sauce and sugar and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until well combined. Check seasoning.
3.

To unwrap noodle sheets, work with 1 roll at a time. Microwave for 20-30 seconds until warm, then unroll onto a board (see notes). Spoon a little pork mixture onto a sheet and roll to enclose. Repeat with remaining sheets and pork mixture (see notes). Arrange cabbage, carrot and shallots on a serving platter and toss to combine. Arrange noodle rolls on top, sprinkling over any leftover pork mixture. Top with chilli, peanut, mint and crispy shallots. Drizzle with dressing to serve.

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Recipe Notes

Rice noodle sheets are quite delicate and tend to tear easily. Don’t worry if that happens. You can also roughly unfold the sheets and layer them with the mince over the salad.

The dressing makes 150ml.