Recipes · Vietnamese · Holiday and Special Occasion
Bánh Chưng (Square Sticky Rice Cake)
One serving has 466 kcal and 13 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (49%), folate (41%), copper (40%), thiamin (35%), selenium (25%) and phosphorus (24%). Ready in 990 minutes.
- Preparation: 510 min
- Cooking: 480 min
- Makes: 1 serving (119 g)
- Difficulty: Hard
- Diets: Gluten-free, Dairy-free
- Contains: fish, pork
Ingredients
- 60 g Rice, glutinous
- 25 g Mung beans, dried
- 30 g Pork belly, raw
- 0.3 g Black pepper
- 1 g Salt
- 3 g Fish sauce
Method
- Soak the glutinous rice and peeled mung beans separately in water for at least 8 hours or overnight, then drain.
- Season the pork belly with the salt, pepper and fish sauce.
- Layer a portion of rice, then mung bean, then the pork, then more mung bean and rice inside a square mold lined with banana or dong leaves, pressing down firmly; wrap tightly into a square parcel and tie securely. This gives ingredients for one portion, so multiply by 8 for a full-size cake to share.
- Boil the wrapped cake in a large pot of water, fully submerged, for 6-8 hours, topping up water as needed, until the rice is fully cooked and compacted.
- Remove, drain, and press under a weight for a few hours to flatten before slicing and serving.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 466 kcal | 22% |
| Carbohydrates | 65 g | |
| Water | 21.7 mL | |
| Fiber | 5.8 g | 20% |
| Protein | 13 g | 27% |
| Tryptophan | 0.11 g | |
| Threonine | 0.34 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.43 g | |
| Leucine | 0.8 g | |
| Lysine | 0.56 g | |
| Methionine | 0.17 g | |
| Cystine | 0.14 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.58 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.32 g | |
| Valine | 0.56 g | |
| Histidine | 0.27 g | |
| Fat | 16.5 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 7.6 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.9 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 1.7 g | |
| Saturated | 6 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 21.6 mg | |
| Calcium | 44 mg | 4% |
| Copper | 0.36 mg | 40% |
| Iron | 2.9 mg | 16% |
| Magnesium | 68 mg | 22% |
| Manganese | 0.89 mg | 49% |
| Phosphorus | 167 mg | 24% |
| Potassium | 426 mg | 9% |
| Selenium | 13.8 µg | 25% |
| Sodium | 641 mg | |
| Zinc | 1.7 mg | 21% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.38 mg | 35% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.17 mg | 15% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 3.3 mg | 24% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.1 mg | 21% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.21 mg | 16% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 162 µg | 41% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.27 µg | 11% |
| Choline | 24.9 mg | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 2.6 µg | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1.3 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 0.25 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin K | 2.7 µg | 3% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.3 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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