Usuba
Vietnamese Cabbage Rolls with Rice and Beans
A traditional Vietnamese dish made from cabbage leaves stuffed with a filling of pork, rice, and beans. The cabbage rolls are boiled and served with lard and fresh onions. The dish combines tender texture and rich flavor thanks to anchovies in the filling.
- Prep
- 480 min
- Cooking
- 45 min
- Total
- 525 min
- Standard serving
- 390.3 g
Ingredients
Total 8
Instructions
- 1
Step 1
Rice is soaked in water for 5 minutes, rinsed, drained, and salted.
- 2
Step 2
Beans soaked the day before are cleaned of their skin, scalded with boiling water, drained, ground into powder and seasoned with salt.
- 3
Step 3
Pork is passed through a meat grinder, seasoned with grated onion, mashed anchovies, salt and pepper.
- 4
Step 4
Cabbage leaves are rinsed, blanched with boiling water, and stacked in pairs. Meat, beans, and rice are placed on the leaves, then tightly rolled into cabbage rolls and tied with string.
- 5
Step 5
Cabbage rolls are boiled in salted water for 10–12 minutes, then removed and placed under a weight so the water drains off.
- 6
Step 6
Served with pork lard and finely chopped onions.
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