Chả lụa
Chả lụa or giò lụa, is a type of sausage in Vietnamese cuisine, made of pork and traditionally steamed while wrapped in banana leaves.
Production and consumption
Chả lụa is made of lean pork, potato starch, garlic, ground black pepper, and fish sauce. The pork is traditionally pounded into a paste, seasoned, then steamed inside a package made of banana leaves until cooked.The sausage is widely applicable, being eaten in bánh cuốn, bánh mì, xôi, and more.
Variants
Variants include:chả bì – containing shredded pork skinchả bò – beef sausage with herbschả chiên – where the entire sausage is deep-fried- * chả quế – chả chiên that is seasoned with powdered cinnamon before fryingchả Huế – contains whole black peppercorns and more garlic