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Green Papaya Xoi
🇻🇳 Vietnamese

Green Papaya Xoi

🇻🇳 Vietnamese

A one-pot rice dish where green papaya perfumes the grains as they cook — weeknight-friendly and endlessly adaptable. 30 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 10 min Cook 20 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Garlic1, finely chopped
  • Rice300 g
  • White Pepper1 tsp
  • Stock or Broth600 ml
  • Green Papaya1, shredded
  • Glutinous Rice400 g
  • Neutral Oil2 tbsp
  • Fried Shallots3 tbsp

Optional extras

  • Mint Leaveshandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then drain well.

  2. 2

    Heat the Neutral Oil in a wide pot, soften the garlic, and bloom the white pepper for 30 seconds.

  3. 3

    Stir in the green papaya, then add the rice and turn everything gently through the fragrant oil.

  4. 4

    Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then clamp on a lid and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without peeking.

  5. 5

    Rest off the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and crown with mint leaves.

Chef's tip

Never lift the lid while the rice steams — trapped steam is doing the work.

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Watch how it's made

Video: What I Eat in a Day: Vietnamese food recipes (spring rolls, papaya salad, & more!) 🥗🍤✨ · on YouTube