In the Top 100 best stir-fried dishes in the world announced by Taste Atlas, stir-fried water spinach with garlic is the highest-ranked Vietnamese dish with a rating of 4.3/5 points. Ranked number 17 on the list, the culinary site introduces:
"Stir-fried water spinach with garlic is a traditional Vietnamese dish, suitable for vegetarians. This dish is made from a mixture of water spinach, garlic, fish sauce, salt and sugar. The water spinach is blanched before stir-frying with Garlic, salt and sugar, fish sauce are added last, depending on taste.
This vegetable dish is served hot, usually as part of a three-course meal. The first dish is stir-fried, the second dish is boiled or steamed, and the third dish is soup. Stir-fried water spinach with garlic is also a great side dish with white rice."
Ranked 31st on the list is stir-fried pho with a rating of 4.1/5 points. Taste Atlas commented that this is a more convenient variation of traditional pho. Stir-fried pho has the same ingredients as liquid pho but is stir-fried instead of adding broth.
The main ingredients of stir-fried pho usually include beef (or chicken), rice noodles and many chopped vegetables. When stir-fried, the dish is often seasoned with oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce... Traditionally, diners often eat stir-fried pho with a plate of herbs or raw vegetables.
In addition to stir-fried pho and stir-fried water spinach with garlic, Vietnam also has 3 other delicious dishes on the list including: stir-fried vermicelli with crab (No. 72), stir-fried chayote with garlic (No. 75) and stir-fried snails (No. 78). These are all familiar dishes, loved by many diners when enjoying Vietnamese cuisine.
