Milk Street Class: Simple Vietnamese Food with Uyen Luu

Great Vietnamese food is easy to whip up—all you need is a good bottle of fish sauce and a little enthusiasm! Cookbook author and photographer Uyen Luu leads this pre-recorded Zoom cooking class where you’ll learn her go-to simple techniques for one-pot dinners full of balanced and complex flavor. You can practice along with Uyen as she makes Tofu Pillows, Tomatoes & Broccoli with Fish Sauce; and Sea Bass in Tomato, Celery & Dill Broth. The sea bass is one of Uyen’s most favorite traditional meals, a classic, easy, one-pot wonder. Known as ‘sour soup’, canh chua is a perfect balance of sweet, sour and hot tanginess. And of the tofu, Uyen says, “When tofu is cooked properly, it is soft, pillowy and smooth—like bouncing on a cloud.” She’ll show you how to get that perfect texture. You’ll also learn about the favorite kitchen tools and staple ingredients Uyen uses to make the 80 impressive yet simple recipes in her new book, “Vietnamese: Simple Vietnamese Food to Cook at Home.”