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Xôi xéo, one of the many varieties of xôi in Vietnam.
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Xôi (Vietnamese pronunciation: [soj˧˧]) is a savory (mặn) or sweet (ngọt) Vietnamese dish made from glutinous rice and other ingredients. Xôi is a common on-the-go breakfast item, and a popular snack nationwide. Although it is often served as a breakfast or dessert, people also eat it at lunch or dinner as a main dish in many areas in Vietnam.

Varieties

Savory

Savory xôi are called xôi mặn in Vietnamese. They include the following varieties:

  • Xôi ngô - made with corn and smashed cooked mung beans
  • Xôi cá - fried fish xôi
  • Xôi chiên phồng - deep-fried glutinous rice patty
  • Xôi gà - with chicken
  • Xôi khúc - with mung bean filling with a coating of pandan leaves paste
  • Xôi lạc (northern Vietnamese name; called xôi đậu phộng or xôi đậu phụng in southern Vietnam) - made with peanuts
  • Xôi lam - cooked in a tube of bamboo of the genus Neohouzeaua and often served with grilled pork or chicken; a specialty of highland minority groups
  • Xôi lạp xưởng or xôi lạp xường - served with Chinese sausage, meat floss and boiled quail egg
  • Xôi pate - served with pâté and hams
  • Xôi sắn or xôi khoai mì - cooked with cassava
  • Xôi thập cẩm - subgum xôi
  • Xôi thịt kho - served with thịt kho tàu (caramelized pork and eggs)
  • Xôi trứng - served with fried eggs, caramelized eggs or omelette
  • Xôi xéo - served with smashed mung beans, fried onions, and rousong
  • Xôi xíu mại - served with siu mai

Sweet

Sweet xôi are called xôi ngọt in Vietnamese. They include the following varieties:

  • Xôi bắp - made with corn, sugar, fried onions, and smashed cooked mung beans
  • Xôi đậu đen - made with black urad beans
  • Xôi đậu xanh - made with mung beans
  • Xôi dừa - made with coconut
  • Xôi gấc - made with the aril and seeds of the gấc fruit
  • Xôi lá cẩm (also called xôi tím) - made with the magenta plant
    • Xôi lá cẩm đậu xanh - made with the magenta plant and mung beans
  • Xôi lá dứa - made with pandan leaf extract for the green color and a distinctive pandan flavor
  • Xôi lam - cooked in a tube of bamboo of the genus Neohouzeaua and often served with sesame seeds and salt; a specialty of highland minority groups
  • Xôi lúa - with boiled waxy maize, fried shallot and mung bean paste
  • Xôi nếp than - made with black glutinous rice
  • Xôi ngũ sắc - 5-colored xôi: purple from the leaf extract of the magenta plant, green from pandan leaf, red from gấc fruit, yellow from mung beans, and the white color of natural glutinous rice
  • Xôi nhộng - made with silk worms
  • Xôi sầu riêng - made with durian
  • Xôi vị - hard cooked xôi with pandan leaves.
  • Xôi vò - the glutinous rice grains do not stick together in this type of xôi, as they are coated with ground peeled-and-boiled mung beans
  • Xôi xiêm - cooked with coconut juice
  • Xôi xoài - made with coconut milk and fresh ripe mango; of Thai origin

See also

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