DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Banh Trang Cuon Thit Heo
Also known as: Bánh tráng cuốn thịt heo
Da Nang pork belly rolls with rice sheets, herbs, fruit and mắm nêm dipping sauce.
About Banh Trang Cuon Thit Heo
Helen Le presents these pork rolls as a rustic dish especially associated with Da Nang in Central Vietnam. Her version pairs sliced pork belly with rice paper, fresh phở sheets, vegetables, herbs and fruit.
The mắm nêm dip has a pronounced fermented-fish character, balanced by pineapple, sugar, citrus, garlic and chilli. Perilla and rau húng add herbal notes, with cucumber, green banana and starfruit alongside.
Thin pork slices contrast with crisp raw produce and pliable rice wrappers. The separate components form tightly wrapped rolls, with the dipping sauce completing each portion.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Banh Trang Cuon Thit Heo
Helen Le’s Da Nang Bánh Tráng Cuốn Thịt Heo.
- Pork bellyProtein
- Mắm nêm fermented fish sauceSeasoning · Dipping sauce
- Fresh phở rice sheetsBaseIngredient page not linked
- Rice paper wrappersBase
- PineappleSeasoning · Dipping sauce
- Chanh citrus juiceSeasoning · Dipping sauceIngredient page not linked
- CucumberFilling
- GarlicAromatic · Dipping sauce
- LettuceFilling
- Perilla leavesAromatic
- Rau húng herbsAromaticIngredient page not linked
- ChilliSeasoning · Dipping sauce
- Green bananaFillingIngredient page not linked
- StarfruitFilling
- SaltSeasoning · Pork cooking
- VinegarSeasoning · Pork cooking
- ShallotAromatic · Pork cooking
- SugarSweetener · Dipping sauce
- Pork boiling liquidLiquid · Pork cookingIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Pork belly: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Mắm nêm fermented fish sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Broader fish-sauce record does not represent the exact whole-fermented-fish mắm nêm formula
- Fresh phở rice sheets: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact bánh phở lá sheet product not established in catalogue; complete flour/starch formula unresolved
- Rice paper wrappers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Rice-paper product formula beyond named identity unspecified
- Pineapple: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chanh citrus juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source chanh retained; exact lemon/lime species not fixed from Vietnamese wording
- Cucumber: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Lettuce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Perilla leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source tía tô; broader perilla-leaf candidate
- Rau húng herbs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source herb name retained; exact basil/mint species not fixed
- Chilli: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source cultivar unspecified
- Green banana: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Starfruit: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method-only pork boiling seasoning
- Vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method-only boiling ingredient; type unspecified
- Shallot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method-only crushed hành tím
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method-only sauce ingredient
- Pork boiling liquid: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Boiling is stated but carrier-liquid identity/formula is not separately listed; not silently expanded
Origins & food traditions
Helen Le explicitly identifies the dish with Da Nang and labels the recipe Central Vietnam.
Cuisines & regions
- Central Vietnamese Cuisine
- Vietnamese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Central Vietnamese cuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.