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Fermentation Atlas

Vietnam

40 ferments from Vietnam, with how each is made.

40 entries listed here.

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FermentKindMain stepTemperatureSaltpH
Bánh bòCereals and bread2–3 days3.9–4.5
Chao (Vietnamese fermented tofu)Soy and legumes8 days30–42 °C
Cơm mẻ (Vietnamese fermented rice souring paste)Sauces and condiments7–10 days2.9–3.6
Dưa bồn bồn (Mekong cattail-shoot pickle)Vegetables6 days4.1 %4.9 → 3.26
Dưa cải chua (Vietnamese sour mustard greens)Vegetables2–8 days25–35 °C3–5 %4.5
Dưa hành (Vietnamese Tết pickled bulb onions)Vegetables7–30 days3 %3.3
Longan wineAlcoholic drinks9 days30 °C6 → 3.85
Mắm (Vietnamese fermented fish family)Fish and seafood3 months – 2 yearsup to 25 %
Mắm chua cá sặcFish and seafood30 days28–30 °C10 %6.3 → 4.2
Mắm nêmSauces and condiments12 monthsup to 25 %
Mắm ruốc (Huế)Fish and seafood6–9 months10–12 %
Mắm tôm chua (Huế)Fish and seafood12 monthsup to 10 %
Men (bánh men)Starters and koji2–3 days34 °C5.8
Nata de cocoOther8–20 days27–30 °C4.2
Nem chuaMeat2–4 days4.9
Nước mắm Phú QuốcSauces and condiments12–15 months27.5 °C25–28.6 %
Rượu nếp, rượu nếp cẩm and rượu đếAlcoholic drinks8–12 days25–35 °C3.9–4.5
Xì dầu / nước tương (Vietnam)Sauces and condiments
Cá thính Lập ThạchFish and seafood14 days13–15 %
Chanh muối (Vietnamese salted limes for drinks)Fruit2 h
Fermented bee larvae (U Minh)Insects3–4 days
Mắm ba khía (ba khía muối)Fish and seafood
Mắm cá cơm (Huế style)Fish and seafood
Mắm cá linh (Châu Đốc)Fish and seafood2–3 months
Mắm cá lóc (Châu Đốc)Fish and seafood2–3 months
Mắm cá rò (Huế)Fish and seafood
Mắm cáyFish and seafood
Mắm chua cá rô đồngFish and seafood
Mắm còngFish and seafood
Mắm rươiFish and seafood
Mắm tépFish and seafood30 days
Mắm tômFish and seafood2 years
Rượu cần (Vietnamese jar wine drunk through tubes)Alcoholic drinks33 days
Rượu dừa (Bến Tre coconut-aged rice spirit)Alcoholic drinks10–15 days
Rượu Phú Lộc (Phú Lộc village rice spirit)Alcoholic drinks
Soy wine, rou dau nanh and kiu-tsee (soybean in alcoholic ferments) — boundarySoy and legumes6–11 days
Sữa chua (Vietnamese condensed-milk yoghurt)Fermented milk
Thịt chua (Thanh Sơn)Meat4–7 days
Tung lò mò (tung lamaow)Meat3 days
Tương (Vietnamese fermented soybean–rice paste/sauce)Sauces and condiments15–30 days

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