Bot Chien - Vietnamese Fried Rice Flour Cake
Magnificent photo of "Bot Chien" There are many rice flour cake versions in southeast Asia but "Bot Chien"...what a pleasant word. Vietnamese street food that has and will continue to rejuvenate my heart forever. Before I tell you why this 1$ dish is so special to me I would like you to know this dish briefly. The dish is made with rice flour cakes, which include a little tapioca starch as well, and are cut into rectangles. The rice flour cakes are then fried in oil(my mother uses lard in her recipe) with eggs cracked over the top of it, and then it's seasoned with deep-fried pork cracklings and green onions. At this point the dish sounds greasy but here's my favorite part of the dish. A layer of crispy sour fresh young shredded papaya beneath the rice cake absorbs the tasty oil, drizzle some spoons of Bot Chien sauce (containing soy sauce, black/white vinegar, sugar, chopped bird's eye chilies) over the top. I like to personally poke the ri