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 Rau Muong Xao Toi (Garlic Water Spinach)

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Rau Muong Xao Toi (Garlic Water Spinach)

Side Dish
⏱ 10 min
👥 Serves 2
Difficulty ⭐

A quick, high-heat stir-fry laced with garlic — a vegetable side essential to the Vietnamese table.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Water spinach (rau muong) is a leafy green loved throughout Southeast Asia, and in Vietnam it's most classically stir-fried quickly with garlic. A versatile side that pairs with any main dish, it appears on the family table almost daily.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Dinnertime in Ho Chi Minh City: this green dish is always set alongside the main soup or meat course. Its crisp, fresh bite is a welcome contrast.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Cut the water spinach into 2-inch lengths.

  2. Mince the garlic.

  3. Heat oil in a pan and stir-fry the garlic over high heat until fragrant.

  4. Add the water spinach and stir-fry quickly over high heat.

  5. Add the fish sauce and oyster sauce and toss quickly to coat.

  6. Remove from heat as soon as it wilts and serve.

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