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Com Tam (Broken Rice with Grilled Pork)

Name: Com Tam (Broken Rice with Grilled Pork)
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 2 slices Thinly sliced pork loin; 2 servings Cooked rice; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 tbsp Fish sauce; 2 tbsp Sugar; 1 tbsp Honey; 2 Egg; To taste Cucumber and tomato

Rice Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Grilled pork over broken rice — a beloved plate at southern Vietnamese diners.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Com tam originally used "broken rice" — grains that shattered during milling and were once considered a poor person's food — but it's now a signature dish of Ho Chi Minh City's neighborhood diners. Pork marinated in a sweet-savory sauce is grilled and served with a fried egg and pickled vegetables.

🌆 Where it's eaten: A working-class Ho Chi Minh City neighborhood, lunch break: a line forms at the diner as smoke and the smell of grilling pork fill the air.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Thinly sliced pork loin 2 slices
Cooked rice 2 servings
Garlic 2 cloves
Fish sauce 2 tbsp
Sugar 2 tbsp
Honey 1 tbsp
Egg 2
Cucumber and tomato To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix garlic, fish sauce, sugar, and honey; marinate the pork for 30 minutes.
Grill or pan-fry the pork until browned.
Fry the eggs.
Plate the rice.
Top with the grilled pork and fried egg.
Add cucumber, tomato, and pickled vegetables to finish.

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