Chả lụa

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Chả lụa
Giò lụa
A plate of giò lụa
TypeSausage
Place of originVietnam
Main ingredientsPork, banana leaves
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    Giò lụa

Chả lụa (Saigon: [ca᷉ lûˀə]) or giò lụa (Hanoi: [zɔ̂ lûˀə]), lit. 'banana leaf pork sausage' is a type of sausage in Vietnamese cuisine, made of pork and traditionally steamed while wrapped in banana leaves.[1]

Production and consumption

Chả lụa is made of lean pork, potato starch, garlic, ground black pepper, and fish sauce.[2] The pork is traditionally pounded into a paste, seasoned, then steamed inside a package made of banana leaves until cooked.[1]

The sausage is widely applicable, being eaten in bánh cuốn, bánh mì, xôi, and more.

Variants

Variants include:

  • chả bì – containing shredded pork skin
  • chả bò[3] – beef sausage with herbs
  • chả chiên – where the entire sausage is deep-fried (instead of steamed, omitting the banana leaf wrap)
    • chả quế – chả chiên that is seasoned with powdered cinnamon before frying[4]
  • chả Huế – contains whole black peppercorns and more garlic[5]

Moo yor

Chả lụa has become popular in Thai cuisine, called หมูยอ ([mǔː jɔ̄ː], moo yor; Lao: ຫມູຍໍ, [mǔː jɔ̄ː]), combining หมู, lit. 'pig', with a calque of giò. [6][7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Ephanov, Nikita (2023-01-02), Vietnam's pork chả lụa sausage has 19th century roots, Tasting Table
  2. ↑ "Chả lụa chay làm từ gì? Cách làm chả lụa chay thơm ngon an toàn sức khỏe tại nhà" [What is vegetarian Cha Lua made of? How to make delicious and healthy vegetarian ham at home]. Nhà thuốc Long Châu (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  3. ↑ "Chả bò Đà Nẵng - món ngon hấp dẫn du khách" [Da Nang Chả bò - a delicious dish that attracts tourists]. Báo và Phát thanh, Truyền hình Phú Thọ (in Vietnamese). 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  4. ↑ "Cách làm chả quế thịt, chả quế chay tại nhà" [How to make cinnamon meat sausage, vegetarian cinnamon sausage at home]. chefstudio.vn (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2025-07-09. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
  5. ↑ Minh, Siêu Thị Hải (2024-11-18). "Tổng hợp 10+ các loại giò, chả nổi tiếng 3 miền Bắc Trung..." [Summary of 10+ famous types of ham and sausage from the 3 regions of North, Central and South]. sieuthihaiminh.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Giò Lụa Fit for a Kingdom: How Thailand Fell in Love With Vietnamese Ham | Saigoneer". saigoneer.com. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  7. ↑ Ngamkham, Wassayos (2022-09-25), Pork sausages seized at Suvarnabhumi airport, Bangkok Post
  8. ↑ Pisuthipan, Arusa (2022-02-22), Watch what you eat, Bangkok Post