''Chả'' is
Vietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...
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sausage
A sausage is a type of meat product usually made from ground meat—often pork, beef, or poultry—along with salt, spices and other flavourings. Other ingredients, such as grains or breadcrumbs, may be included as fillers or extenders.
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", referring to the Vietnamese types of sausage. Other types of sausage have different names: ''xúc xích'' refers to the pork-based Western "
hot dog
A hot dog is a grilled, steamed, or boiled sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced bun. The term ''hot dog'' can also refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener ( Vienna sausage) or a frankfurter ( Frankfurter Würs ...
", and "
lạp xưởng
Chinese sausage is a generic term referring to the many different types of sausages with ties to China, the Sinosphere or the Chinese diaspora.
Varieties
There is a choice of fatty or lean sausages. There are different kinds ranging from those m ...
" refers to Chinese sausages, sweeter in flavour than the former two.
''Chả'' can be made of several types of fillers:
* pork (''
chả lụa
''Chả lụa'' () or ''giò lụa'' () is the most common type of sausage in Vietnamese cuisine, made of pork and traditionally wrapped in banana leaves.
Production and consumption
Traditionally, ''chả lụa'' is made of lean pork, potat ...
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* deep-fried pork (chả chiên)
* deep-fried cinnamon-flavored pork sausage (''chả quế'')
* ground chicken (''chả gà'')
* ground beef (''chả bò'')
* fish (''chả cá'')
* tofu or vegetarian (''chả chay'')
* steamed pork loaf topped with egg yolks (''chả trứng hấp'')
See also
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List of sausages
This is a list of notable sausages. Sausage is a food and usually made from ground meat with a skin around it. Typically, a sausage is formed in a casing (sausage), casing traditionally made from intestine, but sometimes synthetic. Some sausa ...
References
Vietnamese sausages
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