This New Year’s Day is definitely a time to cook something delicious and hearty for the whole family to enjoy. If you don’t have any dish ideas yet, check out the Cooking Tips section for a collection of over 40 dishes for New Year’s Day to show off your cooking skills. Get cooking right now!
1Appetizers
Seafood Spring Rolls
Beginning the list of appetizers today is the seafood spring rolls with a very simple preparation that doesn’t take much effort, promising to deliver a wonderfully delicious dish.
The spring rolls are fried to a beautiful golden brown, crispy when bitten, with seafood filling seasoned just right, dipping it with a bit of chili sauce makes it incredibly tasty.
Shrimp and Pork Spring Rolls
Besides seafood spring rolls, shrimp and pork spring rolls are also a popular appetizer chosen by many families during Tet holidays or family gatherings.
The crispy outer layer of the spring rolls is attractively golden, with shrimp blending harmoniously with pork mixed with the appealing sweetness of sweet potatoes. You can enjoy it with fresh noodles and pour some sweet and sour fish sauce to enhance the flavor of the dish.
Fried Squid with Garlic and Chili
The fried squid with garlic and chili is also a favorite choice for many people as an appetizer during this New Year’s celebration, with the spicy heat of chili combined with the aroma of garlic, and the firm, sweet squid squid is indeed a perfect combination.
The squid is fried golden and crispy, soaked with spices, and when you eat it, you will feel the stimulating spiciness that is sure to impress everyone.
Sweet and Sour Shrimp
Next on the list is sweet and sour shrimp, which is also an ideal choice for a colorful and nutritious appetizer.
With ingredients like onion, bell pepper, cucumber, and fresh shrimp, you can immediately prepare a sweet and sour shrimp dish to treat the whole family.
The sweet and sour fried shrimp dish, when completed, will have a beautiful orange-yellow color. The shrimp are deliciously crispy, coated evenly with sauce, and when you bite into it, you’ll taste the sweetness of the shrimp meat. The vegetables still have their freshness and crunch, which will also highlight the dish.
Fried minced meat wrapped in lemongrass
Fried minced meat wrapped in lemongrass is a rustic dish widely sold at various eateries and sidewalks in Saigon. The chewy minced meat wrapped around lemongrass and then fried to a crisp releases a fragrant aroma that makes you want to eat it right away.
Fried minced meat wrapped in lemongrass has the fragrant smell of lemongrass combined with the sweet taste of the meat; you can enjoy it with rice paper and fresh vermicelli, drizzled with sweet and sour fish sauce, which is just perfect.
Beef and sprouts salad
When it comes to appetizers, you cannot overlook salads; today, TasteVN introduces you to a delicious fresh beef and sprouts salad that everyone will love.
The sprouts have a light pungent taste combined with perfectly cooked tender beef, and the dressing is a harmonious balance of sour, spicy, salty, and sweet that greatly stimulates the taste buds.
Salmon salad
With a very simple preparation method but an irresistible quality of the final product, the salmon salad will be a nutritious and high-quality appetizer.
The salmon is tender and fragrant, absorbing the spices well, while the lettuce and other vegetables add both color and a crunchy sweetness to the dish. The wonderful combination of yogurt and mayonnaise sauce will leave your taste buds in awe.
Dried beef mango salad
The dried beef salad is the next suggestion that TasteVN wants to introduce to you to enrich and make your appetizer more appealing.
The chewy and delicious dried beef mixed with the sour taste of green mango blends perfectly with the sweet and sour fish sauce. Enjoying this dish with a bit of shrimp crackers makes it absolutely delightful!
Chicken soup
This easily digestible and nutritious chicken soup will be the ideal appetizer for you to enjoy with family and friends during this New Year’s holiday.
The sweet, hot soup has a diverse sweetness from corn, enoki mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and chicken, combining with the richness of the egg is best enjoyed while hot.
Crab soup
Crab soup is a popular dish loved by many, making it very suitable as an appetizer for gatherings or during major holidays.
Crab soup with its eye-catching colors from crab and various beans and vegetables is especially rich in nutrients and high in calcium, which is very good for health.
Pumpkin soup
A light appetizer before the main course that won’t make you too full, yet is delicious and nutritious, is pumpkin soup.
The pumpkin soup is smooth and thick, with a perfect combination of sweet soft pumpkin and creamy fresh milk that will surely delight your child.
2Main dishes
Beef steak
We already have a quality appetizer, right? Next is the main dish, which in terms of presentation and taste will leave you in awe. Starting off is the famous beef steak.
Beef steak is a popular dish that can be prepared in many different ways, bringing a unique delicious flavor that you’ll remember long after tasting it. Depending on your preference, you can adjust the doneness of the beef; the beef is naturally tender and sweet, served with asparagus, potatoes, or you can add eggs and sausages to make the dish even more delicious.
Beef Wellington
Beef Wellington is known as the “King” at luxurious banquet tables in Europe. Today, let’s make this fancy dish with TasteVN to treat the family for the New Year’s holiday.
The crispy crust, with a touch of salt sprinkled on top. When you cut the pastry, you’ll see the beef inside still retains its moisture and has a light pink color.
The beef is tender, seasoned just right, with a bit of yellow mustard that gives the beef a spicy, slightly tangy flavor, served with chewy, crunchy mushrooms. Truly deserving of its title as the king of the banquet table, right?
Grilled spring rolls with rice vermicelli
Grilled spring rolls with rice vermicelli originated from Central Vietnam, but now it has been adapted to suit the tastes of different regions, becoming a popular dish served at large parties.
A plate of grilled spring rolls with an eye-catching variety of colors, the flavors of the dish blend together, from the combination of spring rolls and lemongrass, rice vermicelli, and fresh herbs, making the dish irresistibly appealing.
Roast meat
Roast meat is a delicious dish served at weddings, and it would be a great suggestion to add to the main dishes for the New Year’s holiday for the whole family to enjoy.
With the evenly expanded and crispy pork skin, the inside is soft and not at all dry, served with fresh vegetables and dipped in soy sauce to enhance the flavor.
Honey Grilled Chicken
The next main dish will not disappoint you with the fragrant honey grilled honey chicken soaked in spices, both delicious and irresistibly rich.
The chicken skin is golden, shiny, and the meat is firm with tender fibers, served with bread and a bit of cucumber, tomato, lettuce, and dipped in a bowl of chili salt, it’s absolutely wonderful!
Grilled Beef with Baked Potatoes
Beef, rich in nutrients, is prepared into many delicious gourmet dishes in restaurants, notably the grilled beef with baked potatoes, which is a delicacy you cannot miss during the New Year celebration.
Each slice of beef is served with various vegetables and sauces, creating a vibrant feast with tender, flavorful beef, crunchy sweet vegetables, and sauces that enhance the dish.
Grilled Spare Ribs
Next is an irresistible grilled dish, with the aroma of grilled spare ribs that will make you sigh in delight while enjoying.
With various sauces like BBQ sauce and beer sauce, the grilled spare ribs have an attractive color, a crispy exterior, and a juicy, tender inside. Eating a piece of rib while sipping some wine is truly a perfect combination!
Beef Stew
Beef stew is one of the beef dishes that is incredibly delicious and nutritious. This dish has a moderate sweet and salty taste, a slightly thick sauce, and soft, tender beef combined with vegetables that give a rich and full flavor to the dish.
You can enjoy this dish with bread, noodles, or hot rice.
Beef Stew
Continuing today’s main dish list, TasteVN introduces the traditional beef stew, a preferred choice whenever the family hosts a big feast.
The tender beef stew is coated in a thick sauce, along with potatoes and carrots that are rich and flavorful; pairing it with bread is simply delightful.
Singapore Noodles
Next is the unique Singapore noodles, which offers a different taste for everyone with a quick preparation method that brings a distinctly unique flavor.
The Singapore noodles have a beautiful yellow color and an enticing aroma. The noodles are soft yet chewy, with crispy and delicious shrimp paired with various vegetables that retain their natural sweetness, making them incredibly tasty.
Pad Thai
Pad Thai is a stir-fry dish that is extremely famous in Thailand, featuring a perfect combination of rice noodles, shrimp, chicken, and chives mixed with a sauce that is sour, spicy, salty, and sweet.
Join TasteVN in showcasing your culinary skills to treat the family this New Year’s Day.
Yangzhou Fried Rice
Surely you are very familiar with Yangzhou fried rice, known for its diverse colors and rich flavors that everyone loves.
Vegetables are diced, along with sausage, ham, and fried eggs, which are also diced, then fried until golden with white rice, creating an indescribable deliciousness. You can enjoy it with a bit of chili sauce or soy sauce to enhance the flavor.
Tomyum Hotpot
To make your New Year’s Day feast more complete, the Tomyum hotpot will be a wonderful choice for your main dish.
Tomyum hot pot with a distinctive red broth from chili, satay, tomato, and tomyum powder, sweet flavor from chicken bones combined with various fresh seafood seasonings and crunchy accompanying vegetables is extremely attractive!
Chicken with Wild Betel Leaves Hot Pot
Next is the chicken with wild betel leaves hot pot that will make the atmosphere of the New Year’s Day more lively and warm.
The hot pot of chicken with wild betel leaves is steaming hot, with each piece of chicken tender and firm, the broth sweet and light, enhanced by a slight sourness from the wild betel leaves and the spicy kick of chili, meticulously seasoned to be very flavorful.
Mushroom Hot Pot
The gathering on New Year’s Day will be warmer with a delicious mushroom hot pot, where the family gathers together to enjoy the hot pot while chatting, which will help everyone feel closer.
The broth has a natural sweet taste from fish and seaweed, very appealing, tender and sweet beef, various vegetables and mushrooms just cooked enough to retain their crisp sweetness, and dipping them in a homemade sauce will make it absolutely delightful.
3Desserts
Durian Crepe Cake
To have a complete joyful day, delicious desserts are a must. The first dish that TasteVN would like to introduce to you is the durian crepe cake with its distinctive enticing aroma.
The cake has a smooth chewy outer layer, and it also melts many people’s hearts with its rich, fragrant durian cream.
Egg Flan
Egg flan is also an ideal dessert for you to confidently treat everyone thanks to its delicious taste, easy to eat, and not at all overwhelming.
Flan has the rich flavor of egg and the aroma from fresh milk, and when eaten, it melts in your mouth, easily conquering anyone’s taste buds. You can add a little crushed ice and coffee drizzled on top when enjoying it to enhance the deliciousness.
Oreo cheesecake
The Oreo cheesecake has an incredibly eye-catching decoration. The cake layer is a sweet and bitter blend combined with many layers of rich cream, creating a fragrant dessert that is extremely appealing.
With just a few basic ingredients, you can have an irresistible cake. When eaten, you will feel the slight bitterness from the Oreo cake, which becomes more enjoyable with each bite.
Strawberry cheesecake
Strawberry cheesecake is the next dessert that TasteVN wants to introduce to you for the upcoming New Year’s Day.
The sweetness from whipping cream blends into the creamy cheese with a hint of saltiness mixed with the light sourness from strawberries, which is incredibly stimulating to the taste buds, ensuring everyone will love this cake.
Orange cheesecake
Next, making baked orange cheesecake will be the perfect dessert for your New Year’s Day.
The orange cheesecake is soft and cool, with a rich flavor from fresh cream, a crispy yet soft and nutty crust combined with the signature aroma from fresh oranges, delicious to the point of bliss.
Purple sticky rice yogurt
Yogurt is a dessert that is good for health and the digestive system, especially purple sticky rice yogurt, whose flavor and nutritional value are elevated to a new level.
The flavor of this yogurt dish is also unbeatable with the sticky black rice that is chewy and fragrant, eaten with sweet and creamy yogurt that is gentle and cool. It provides a wonderful feeling for diners!
Mango Sticky Rice
Mango sticky rice is a dessert, a popular snack in Thailand loved by many young people in Vietnam.
The chewy and fragrant taste of the sticky rice, combined with the sweet and refreshing taste of ripe mango, has created an irresistible mango sticky rice dish that captivates many.
Steamed Rice Cake
Steamed rice cake is one of the types of cakes that appear in the offerings of the Southern people. Steamed rice cake has a mild sweetness, chewy texture combined with rich coconut milk, all creating a perfect dessert.
Steamed rice cake is made from simple ingredients including various types of flour, water, sugar, and leavening agents. After being steamed at high temperatures, the steamed rice cake appears with many small bubbles inside. This is a characteristic feature of steamed rice cake, providing a fluffy, delightful, and enjoyable eating experience.
Steamed rice cake is made from simple ingredients including various types of flour, water, sugar, and leavening agents. After being steamed at high temperatures, the steamed rice cake appears with many small bubbles inside. This is a characteristic feature of steamed rice cake, providing a fluffy, delightful, and enjoyable eating experience.
Cassava Cake
The rustic and simple cassava cake will be a highlight for your dessert on New Year’s Day.
The golden-baked cassava cake is soft and fragrant, and when you take a bite, you can feel the chewy texture of the cassava, the rich taste of coconut milk, and the sweet aroma of condensed milk that is hard to resist.
Pork Skin Cake
Pork skin cake is a rustic dish associated with the childhood of many people; it is a refreshing cake often served as a dessert or snack.
The cake is chewy, soft, and sweet with a fragrant pandan leaf aroma, combined with a layer of rich mung bean that you can eat continuously without getting bored. It’s not a luxurious delicacy, but honestly, pork skin cake still holds our affection until now.
Fruits
Fruits are an important source of vitamins and minerals in everyone’s diet, so choosing fruits as a dessert is quite reasonable.
You can choose a variety of fruits from watermelon, grapes, pears, oranges, mangoes, strawberries,… all of which are loved by many, fresh and healthy, ensuring that everyone in the family will praise it.
4Vegetarian Dishes
Vegetarian Grilled Meat
If you are tired of greasy foods that are not good for your health, come to the list of vegetarian dishes that TasteVN is about to introduce, which will make your New Year’s Eve delicious without worrying about being sick of it.
First is the vegetarian grilled meat that is roasted to a beautiful golden color, with delicious, chewy meat made from bread crust, and the natural sweetness with the crunchy, delicious cassava.
Vegetarian Spring Rolls
Vegetarian spring rolls use completely light and healthy vegetarian ingredients. It is a simple dish that many families love and choose to make for major holidays.
Vegetarian spring rolls have a crispy golden crust, with a rich mung bean filling, dipped in spicy chili sauce, deliciously irresistible.
Sweet and Sour Vegetarian Ribs
The sweet and sour vegetarian ribs dish is extremely attractive with its delicious flavor, making you think this is a savory dish that you cannot miss.
Sweet and sour vegetarian ribs have a unique taste with the combination of carrots, broccoli, baby corn, and delicious shiitake mushrooms, with a chewy and crunchy sweet and sour flavor. Eating it with a bit of spicy soy sauce is just perfect.
Vegetarian Chicken Salad Porridge
The next vegetarian dish will not disappoint you because its taste is no less than that of other savory dishes.
Hot porridge steaming with smoke, the sweet taste of corn mingles with the creamy flavor of lotus seeds and taro, accompanied by a bit of sour and spicy salad with crispy banana flowers, creating a harmonious and enticing flavor that makes you want to have another bowl.
Vegetarian Snow Mushroom Salad
Vegetarian snow mushroom salad is not only attractive due to its eye-catching colors but the cool and gentle flavor is the unique point of this dish.
The salad has a crunchy sweetness from carrots, cucumbers, and chewy snow mushrooms, blended into the sweet and sour dressing mixed with a hint of spiciness from chili that stimulates the palate immensely. You should enjoy it with shrimp chips for a more authentic experience.
Lotus Stem Salad with Vegetarian Shrimp
Lotus stem salad with vegetarian shrimp is considered one of the characteristic dishes, rich in Vietnamese flavors from our country. Especially because of the deliciousness, the ingredients are very simple and easy to find.
The vegetarian lotus stem salad has delicious chewy shrimp, crunchy lotus stems, soaked in sweet and sour fish sauce with a bit of spiciness. This dish is very suitable to eat with white rice or rice paper, both are very delicious.
Vegetarian Braised Beef
Vegetarian braised beef served with bread will be an extremely suitable dish to change the taste for the family during this New Year.
Surely the rich flavor, natural sweetness from vegetarian beef and vegetables like carrots and cabbage will conquer anyone who enjoys it.
Vegetarian Curry
The vegetarian curry dish with a not too difficult and complicated method can easily be made by yourself at home.
The vegetarian curry has a rich and creamy texture, with a very flavorful broth. The vegetables are soft and sweet, combined with the aroma from coconut milk, incredibly enticing and delicious. You can dip bread or pour curry over noodles, both are wonderful.
Vegetarian Mushroom Hotpot
Next is the extremely light vegetarian mushroom hotpot that offers fresh and interesting experiences while containing high nutritional value.
The hotpot has a very distinct aroma of various types of mushrooms, and the taste does not cause any heaviness for the eater. You can pair the vegetarian mushroom hotpot with noodles or fresh vermicelli to fill your stomach more.
Vegetarian Pineapple Rice
The final dish in the list of vegetarian dishes for the New Year’s Day that TasteVN suggests to you is vegetarian pineapple rice, with a unique and eye-catching presentation, this dish also has an indescribable deliciousness.
When eaten, you will feel the crunchy sweetness and light sourness of the pineapple, fluffy rice grains along with crispy green beans are incredibly delicious.
Just spend a little time and you will have over 40 dishes for the New Year’s Day that are both simple and delicious for the whole family to enjoy. Wishing you success in your cooking.