Alternative names | Chả trứng hấp, chả trứng thịt |
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Course | Entree |
Place of origin | Vietnam |
Associated cuisine | Vietnamese |
Similar dishes | Chả rươi |
Chả trứng, also chả trứng hấp (steamed) and chả trứng thịt (pork), is a Vietnamese steamed omelette, or egg meat loaf with pork. Trứng translates to egg, thịt translates to meat but is usually pork. [1] It is usually served with hot rice, cucumber and chili sauce.
The broken rice dish cơm tấm bì (skin) comes with a chả trứng egg meatloaf. [2]
Chả rươi is a special seasonal (autumn) omelette using nereididae sandworms (rươi) instead of pork.