🐟 Herring Salad (Goi Ca Trich)

OlBoes · BY-SA 4.0

Fresh Phu Quoc herring tossed with grated coconut and crisp onion, wrapped in rice paper with wild forest herbs and dipped in pungent, spicy first-press fish sauce.

Herring salad is a must-try when visiting Phu Quoc, the Pearl Island. Fresh-caught herring is skinned, pressed dry, then tossed with grated coconut, onion and peanuts. Wrapped with wild forest herbs and dipped in Phu Quoc's famous fish sauce, the dish captures the full flavor of the southern islands.

Flavour: Fresh and cooling, nutty-rich, sour and spicy

Ingredients

herring
grated coconut
onion
rice paper
wild forest herbs
peanuts