Cơm Tấm
Broken jasmine rice topped with grilled pork chop, shredded pork skin, steamed egg meatloaf, and a fried egg — Saigon's quintessential street-food meal, eaten at any time of day.
Cuisines
Vietnamese
Best for
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Recipe
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 40 min
Total: 60 min
2-3 servings
Ingredients
| 1 cup | broken rice |
| 2 tablespoons | fish sauce |
| 1 tablespoon | sugar |
| 1 tablespoon | vegetable oil |
| 1 clove | garlic, minced |
| 2 pieces | pork chops |
| 1 tablespoon | oyster sauce |
| 1 tablespoon | soy sauce |
| 1 teaspoon | black pepper |
| 1 cucumber | sliced |
Instructions
- 1 Rinse the broken rice under cold water until the water runs clear.
- 2 Cook the rice in a rice cooker with 1.5 cups of water until done.
- 3 In a bowl, mix fish sauce, sugar, garlic, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and black pepper.
- 4 Marinate the pork chops in the sauce for at least 15 minutes.
- 5 Heat vegetable oil in a pan over medium heat.
- 6 Cook the marinated pork chops for about 5-7 minutes on each side until fully cooked.
- 7 In a small pan, heat pork fat or oil and add chopped scallions, cooking briefly until fragrant.
- 8 Serve the cooked broken rice on plates.
- 9 Top the rice with grilled pork chops, fried eggs, sliced cucumber, and tomato.
- 10 Drizzle scallion oil over the dish before serving.
Tips
To enhance the flavor, consider marinating the pork chops overnight.