Vietnamese To Go in Bedford

Pho V Noodle House & Sushi is ready for the holidays! Let Pho V help you get ready too. We take the time to make nutritious, and delicious dishes. Save time and make plans to meet friends and family at the restaurant in Bedford. Share your favorites and feel good about your choice of restaurant! You can also order to-go. Eating healthy improves your outlook! Vietnamese to go in Bedford.

There are so many choices, it’s fun to go through some of the menu items in greater depth. This helps develop more of an appreciation.

Pot Stickers

Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese…Most of the Asian countries have their own version of a potsticker. The Chinese may have been the originators. Their word for Pot Sticker is Jiaozi.

History gives a variety of origin dates from 206 BC to 25 AD, on to 960 AD. Whatever the case, the common thread is that these are crescent-shaped, delicious little bundles filled with meat and vegetables.

It’s nice to know that we have the convenience of ordering Vietnamese to go in Bedford from Pho V!

Folding

Again, methods vary but often, about a tablespoon of filling is put into the center of a wrapper. One side is folded into the center. Then the other. The thumb and forefinger gather the edges together, pressing to create pleats.

Filling

Common fillings are a combination of meats and chopped vegetables. Beef, pork, chicken, fish, and shrimp are used. The vegetables can include scallions, spinach, mushrooms, carrots, leeks, celery, and most often, Napa cabbage.

Cooking options for these Jiaozi, dumplings, or potstickers include:

  • Boiling

  • Steaming

  • Pan-Frying

  • Deep Frying

  • Soup Dumplings

No doubt these seemingly simple meat and vegetable dumplings have been used as snacks and meals for a very long time. Two stories of interest included these –

An early medical practitioner used these to combat the problem of frostbitten ears among his patients. He would make the dough, fill it as usual and boil. His patients would then apply them to their ears in the cold.

Another story about the potsticker specifically says that someone was boiling the dumplings in a wok. We assume here that boiling was the preferred method at the time. The water evaporated quicker than anticipated and the dumplings stuck to the bottom of the pan. A stick was used to pry them loose. Voila!

The resulting crust on the sides was good and people adopted the new food calling them potstickers! The name stuck! Woks did not turn out to be the most efficient way to pan fry and were abandoned in favor of using skillets.

The Sauce

Finally, the sauces used in Vietnamese cooking and Asian cooking, in general, can change the end product dramatically. Please be sure to ask your server what each sauce is and what it should be used on so that you get the most enjoyment out of your meal at Pho V Noodle House & Sushi

Happy Holidays to all. Come see us soon! And order your Vietnamese to go in Bedford from Pho V.

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