A salad or vegetable platter is almost always present at any Vietnamese meal. The colorful array of bright green leafy herbs, soft lettuce, orange carrots, and other crunchy fresh vegetables is a customary for almost all meals served. The vegetables are arranged on a platter so the diner chooses what they want to add to each bite and dish. The lettuce leaves are used as wraps for foods and a small bowl of Nuoc Cham is typically on provided like salt and pepper is in the west.

Dia Rau Song – Basic Vegetable Platter

Throughout the tropical Southeast Asia, meals are served with bright and refreshing crunchy vegetables and herbs to freshen up every bite. In Vietnam, this aromatic platter of the day's fresh picked vegetables are always present. The lettuce leaves are often used to assemble bites to dip in one of Vietnamese endless sauces.

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Course: Condiment, Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine: Southeast Asian, Vietnam

Prep Time: 15

Total Time: 15

Servings:

Author: My Hungry Traveler

Equipment

Oval serving platter

Ingredients

2 whole Soft leaf lettuce like Boston bibb, leaves separated
6 stalk Scallions, cut into 2-inch lengths
1 cup Fresh mint leaves
1 cup Asian basil or regular basil leaves
1 cup Fresh cilantro leaves
1 large Cucumber, cut in half lengthwise, then sliced crosswise into thin semi-circles
4 oz Fresh bean sprouts
1 medium Carrot, peeled and cut into 2-inch long matchsticks
1 medium Lime, sliced thin (optional)

US Customary – Metric

Instructions

On a serving platter, arrange a mound of lettuce leaves in the middle. Surround the edge of the platter with overlapping cucumber slices and then fill in around the platter with individual piles of the other vegetables.