Cơm hến (baby basket clams rice) is a Vietnamese rice dish originating in

Huế Huế () is the capital of Thừa Thiên Huế province in central Vietnam and was the capital of Đàng Trong from 1738 to 1775 and of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty from 1802 to 1945. The city served as the old Imperial City and admi ...

. Thanh Nien Weekly 2 Dec 2011 print editio
When in Hue
"Cơm hến is among the most popular dishes in Hue" It consists of cooked baby river mussels (basket clams), rice, peanuts, pork rinds, shrimp paste, chili paste, starfruits and

bạc hà ''Colocasia gigantea'', also called giant elephant ear or Indian taro, is a 1.5–3 m tall herb with a large, fibrous corm, producing at its apex a whorl of large leaves. The leaf stalk is used as a vegetable in some areas in South East Asia and ...

stems, and is normally served with the broth of cooked mussels at room temperature.

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