{"id":3658,"date":"2026-01-31T11:12:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/ban-co-biet-vi-sao-banh-chung-thuong-duoc-an-voi-dua-hanh-khong\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T11:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:12:55","slug":"ban-co-biet-vi-sao-banh-chung-thuong-duoc-an-voi-dua-hanh-khong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/ban-co-biet-vi-sao-banh-chung-thuong-duoc-an-voi-dua-hanh-khong\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Know: Why Banh Chung Is Often Eaten With Pickled Onions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"description\">\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"article\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&gt;&gt;&gt; Top 6 traditional cakes indispensable during the Lunar New Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>&gt;&gt;&gt; Hanoi specialties as gifts \u2013 6 famous culinary items of Hanoi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Every time Tet comes and Spring returns, it seems that we all remember the couplet \u201cFatty meat, pickled onions, red couplets\/ Neu tree, firecrackers, green Banh Chung\u201d.&nbsp;<span style=\"text-align: justify\">Do you know that it is the delicate, harmonious combination of sour, tangy flavors and fatty richness that makes Banh Chung even more attractive?.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Up to now, \u201cNeu trees\u201d and \u201cred couplets\u201d seem to be no longer popular, \u201cfirecrackers\u201d have long been banned, but \u201cfatty meat, pickled onions, green Banh Chung\u201d will surely be passed down forever and are indispensable on the ancestral altar tray of every Vietnamese family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But have you ever wondered why Northerners often eat Banh Chung with pickled onions, while Banh Tet is served with pickled scallion heads (in the South) and pickled vegetables (in the Central region)? The article below will reveal the answer to you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When mentioning Banh Chung and Banh Tet, we immediately remember their delicious taste. Sticky rice, pork, mung beans, salt and pepper... are wrapped in green dong leaves and boiled until soft, then pressed tightly to create a unique flavor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/p411ban-co-biet-vi-sao-banh-chung-thuong-duoc-an-voi-dua-hanh-khong-2.jpg\" alt=\"p411ban co biet vi sao banh chung thuong duoc an voi dua hanh khong 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">However, according to medical experts, Banh Chung and Banh Tet are energy-rich foods \u2013 full of carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A slice of cake (1\/8 of a cake) has a nutritional value equivalent to eating a full bowl of rice with side dishes. Although energy-rich, this type of cake lacks fiber.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Vietnamese cuisine always values harmony and balance in flavor, so accompanying the richness and fattiness of Banh Chung and fatty meat... the tangy, cool, sour pickled onions, pickled scallion heads, or pickled vegetables are indispensable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Moreover, these types of food also help supplement fiber for the body. Besides, the mild sour, slightly spicy, and fragrant taste of pickled onions and pickled scallion heads will help enhance the flavor of other dishes, especially stimulating digestion when you eat foods high in protein, lipids, and fat... like Banh Chung and Banh Tet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">However, experts also advise that you should not eat too many Banh Chung\/Banh Tet with pickled onions\/pickled scallion heads because the amount of protein and salt in these two types of food can be harmful to your health, such as increasing gastric acid secretion, easily causing bloating, heartburn, and indigestion...<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Too high levels of nutrition, protein, fat, or salt in the body will also negatively affect the cardiovascular system... Therefore, during the Tet holidays, you should eat more fiber-rich foods and limit intake of fatty, sugary foods to keep your body healthy and enjoy the Tet holiday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>(Collected)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Top 6 lo\u1ea1i b\u00e1nh truy\u1ec1n th\u1ed1ng kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 thi\u1ebfu trong ng\u00e0y T\u1ebft Nguy\u00ean \u0111\u00e1n &gt;&gt;&gt; \u0110\u1eb7c s\u1ea3n H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i l\u00e0m qu\u00e0 \u2013 6 m\u00f3n \u1ea9m th\u1ef1c n\u1ed5i ti\u1ebfng H\u00e0 Th\u00e0nh M\u1ed7i d\u1ecbp T\u1ebft \u0111\u1ebfn Xu\u00e2n v\u1ec1, d\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 ai trong trong ch\u00fang ta c\u0169ng nh\u1edb t\u1edbi c\u1eb7p c\u00e2u \u0111\u1ed1i \u201cTh\u1ecbt m\u1ee1, d\u01b0a h\u00e0nh, c\u00e2u \u0111\u1ed1i [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-van-hoa-am-thuc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baominhheritage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}