Nutrition experts from Medlatec General Hospital suggest the following menu to help relieve greasiness during Tet.
Rice paper rolls
This is a common dish in Southern feasts. Just with simple ingredients such as rice paper, boiled meat, shrimp, fish, raw vegetables, vermicelli,... along with a bowl of delicious dipping sauce, you will immediately have a dish to relieve greasiness after Tet.
The special thing that makes this popular dish is the harmonious combination of light ingredients. They bring diners a feeling of just enough fullness without being greasy.
Sweet and sour pork knuckle
Try changing your Tet season appetizer menu with sweet and sour pork knuckles. This dish stands out with many different ingredients combined to create a characteristic sweet and sour taste. The prepared ingredients are also quite simple with pork knuckles, vinegar, lemongrass, chili, ginger, sugar, MSG and fish sauce.
You can eat it with cucumber or pickled mustard greens to make the dish more attractive. Not only is it a rice dish, sweet and sour pork knuckles are also very suitable for parties for friends to enjoy together after Tet.
Sour fish soup
When you are too tired of greasy and fatty dishes during Tet, try changing your mood with sweet and sour soups. The sour and refreshing taste of fish sour soup will help you feel much more delicious. Depending on regional characteristics, the recipe for making fish sour soups will also be different. You can cook sour soup with snakehead fish, tilapia, salmon or basa fish,... depending on personal preferences.
Don't forget to add a little sour bamboo shoots or sour cabbage to make the dish more attractive. Of course, a little green onion to add green color to the soup also helps make the dish more attractive and fragrant.
Chicken salad
On Tet, surely every house will have a leftover of boiled chicken in the refrigerator. Instead of eating boiled chicken again and getting bored, why don't you try making sweet and sour chicken salad to change your taste buds. The ingredients to prepare are just shredded chicken, onions, carrots, bean sprouts, Vietnamese coriander, peanuts, lemon, chili, garlic, sugar, vinegar and fish sauce.
You bring all the above ingredients and mix well with the amount of seasoning that is seasoned to suit each person's taste. This is not only a dish to relieve boredom after Tet but also helps you quickly solve the leftover chicken in the refrigerator.
