Another winter has come upon the bustling streets, where the sidewalks are filled with various types of snacks. Hot and affordable dishes that evoke nostalgia, how many have not tried them a few times? Together with the Cooking Tips section, let’s compile 30 ways to make cold season snacks for the family!
1Baked sweet potatoes
In the cold winter weather like this, it’s the time for grilled dishes to shine, with simple preparation methods making snacks a priority choice for you. Let’s welcome the baked sweet potato, which will kick off our list of winter snacks today.
You can bake sweet potatoes in many ways such as: baking with turmeric, baking with cheese, baking with scallion oil, baking with butter,… which will delight you when eating.
2Baked sweet potato cake
Baked sweet potato cake
Baked sweet potato cake will drive away the chilly atmosphere with its extremely attractive yellow color, a lightly sweet taste, and the fragrant aroma of coconut milk and sweet potato that is very stimulating to the taste buds.
With just a few simple steps and an air fryer, you can have a delicious hot baked sweet potato cake for the whole family to enjoy.
Baked cassava cake
An equally attractive dish is baked cassava cake, which is very familiar to everyone’s childhood.
The cake, once completed, has a beautiful golden color, a smooth and sticky texture, and a rich aroma of eggs and milk. What are you waiting for? Let’s get into the kitchen and showcase your skills to make this cake right away!
3Banana cake
Baked banana cake
Bananas are rich in nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that are very good for health. Today, TasteVN introduces you to the extremely delicious and attractive baked banana cake, which helps create a warmer atmosphere this winter.
Baked banana cake has a soft, fluffy texture, natural sweetness, and the enticing aroma of ripe bananas that captivates you, making you fall in love at the first bite.
Steamed banana cake
Next is the traditional steamed banana cake, which has warmed the hearts of millions of Vietnamese people.
Steamed banana cake tastes even better when served with coconut milk and roasted peanuts. The banana cake has the fragrant scent of pandan leaves and coconut milk, and biting into the cake reveals the subtle sweetness of bananas and the chewy texture of rice flour mixed with the rich flavor of roasted peanuts, making it incredibly delicious.
Fried banana cake
You are surely familiar with the legendary fried banana cake that has been cherished by many generations.
Fried banana cake is crispy on the outside, with soft, sweet ripe bananas inside. Sprinkling some roasted sesame on top makes it even better. On a chilly winter afternoon, enjoying hot fried bananas with family is simply delightful.
4Corn cake
Next is the crispy, sweet corn cake that you shouldn’t miss this winter.
Fried corn cake has a crispy outer layer, and when you bite into it, you can feel the sweet, soft, hot corn kernels. You can dip it in chili sauce, ketchup, or when eating, you can wrap it with fresh herbs and dip it in sweet and sour fish sauce, which is all absolutely delicious.
5Stuffed Pancakes
Continuing the list that TasteVN wants to share with you is the flavorful stuffed pancakes that snack lovers cannot miss.
The pancakes filled with soft and fragrant meat are seasoned just right, dipped in sweet and sour fish sauce to experience the delicious and rounded flavor.
6Dishes from Corn
Boiled Corn
During this winter with the chilly air, boiling a pot of corn over the glowing fire while chatting with family will surely be a wonderful time.
Boiled corn is rustic and simple, yet its deliciousness is not inferior to any fancy dish; the corn is soft, chewy, and naturally sweet, be careful or you might get addicted to this!
Grilled Corn
Surely everyone has a memory associated with street grilled corn, which is delicious and very suitable for cold winter days like this.
The grilled corn is golden with a bit of char, drizzled with some scallion oil and roasted peanuts, making it a favorite dish for everyone.
7Steamed Sugar Cane with Ginger
Let’s follow TasteVN to the unique steamed sugar cane with ginger in this winter snack list.
The fragrant smell of sugar cane and ginger blends together warmly, take a bite to feel the sweetness of sugar cane juice and the aroma of ginger. In the chilly cold, each warm, sweet piece of sugar cane becomes even more delicious.
8Fried Sticky Rice
Fried sticky rice is a very popular snack in Saigon, but it also fits well with the winter weather in the North.
Sitting and savoring each piece of hot, crispy sticky rice on the outside, soft and fragrant on the inside, while watching the streets in the winter weather brings an unusually peaceful feeling.
9Fried sour spring rolls
This must be called one of the “classic” snacks that are always loved at any time of the year, but when winter comes, it is even more thought of by many people whenever they want to enjoy something hot and cozy with friends and family.
The way to make fried sour spring rolls is not too difficult or complicated; if you are a snack lover and enjoy fried sour spring rolls, what are you waiting for? Show off your skills right away!
10Fried buns
The small, hot fried buns will be hard for you to refuse! With a crispy and fragrant outer shell, soft white dough inside, and chewy meat filling, they bring us an incredibly delicious feeling!
This dish is favored by many people as a snack or to entertain guests.
11Snail dishes
Boiled snails
In this chilly weather, sitting and enjoying a plate of boiled snails alongside a bowl of lemongrass dipping sauce while chatting with friends might be the most relaxing time.
Boiled snails are very easy to eat, with chewy and crispy snail meat that will surely make you addicted the more you eat.
Boiled snails are very easy to eat, with chewy and crispy snail meat that will surely make you addicted the more you eat.
Steamed snails
Snails can be steamed with various spices like ginger, lemongrass, pepper,… to create delicious dishes that make anyone exclaim with delight when enjoying.
The snail meat is crunchy, chewy, fresh, and sweet, with a sweet and light broth combined with a dipping sauce that is sour, spicy, and sweet, making it incredibly appetizing.
Stir-fried snails
Besides boiled snails, steamed snails are a familiar dish that attracts many food enthusiasts, and now you have another snail dish to satisfy your taste buds.
Spicy stir-fried snails are rich in flavor and fragrant with the aroma of ginger and lemongrass. Each piece of snail is aromatic, crunchy, and sweet, infused with the scent of basil, making you want to savor it endlessly!
12Hot rice cake
Hot rice cake is a very popular dish in Hanoi whenever the weather starts to get cold. The smooth and soft rice cake is served with rich meat filling and a sweet and salty dipping sauce that is very easy to eat; you can have up to 2 bowls without feeling bored.
The rice cake is incredibly smooth, blending perfectly with the filling and fish sauce, which will surely make you fall in love from the very first bite.
13Steamed rice cake
Steamed rice cake is one of the traditional dishes that are attractive and loved by many people, especially in the freezing winter weather. Enjoying a hot, steaming piece of steamed rice cake will warm your heart.
When the banana leaf is unwrapped, the cake has a smooth surface, is translucent, and the cake is soft without being mushy. The filling is fragrant with pepper, the meat is tender, and the seasoning is just right.
14French fries
French fries are a familiar snack loved by many. The sweetness of potatoes combined with the aroma of butter and garlic, when paired with ketchup and chili sauce, will make the cold of winter disappear instantly.
Delicious and easy to make, what are you waiting for? Quickly practice making this dish to treat the whole family.
15Pork rib porridge
Pork rib porridge is a nutritious dish suitable for both adults and children, especially on chilly days; cooking this dish to nourish the family is a great idea.
Hot, smooth pork rib porridge, with sweet and fatty pork ribs, sprinkle a little ground pepper and cilantro to enhance the aroma and enjoy right away.
16Hà cảo (Shrimp dumplings)
On cold days, riding around searching for a street vendor selling hà cảo and sitting to savor each hot dumpling while watching the bustling crowd is surely an unforgettable experience.
The shrimp and pork hà cảo dumplings are plump with a translucent white skin, looking extremely appetizing. Biting into one, you will feel the delicious and rich sweet and salty flavor lingering on your tongue. The hà cảo should be eaten with a dipping sauce made from soy sauce mixed with a little vinegar, and some rice paddy herb, cucumber to enhance its taste; you definitely cannot miss this dish!
17Sweet Potato Cakes
The small sweet potato cakes are perfect for the chilly weather, especially in the North where this dish is a must-have during the winter season.
The sweet potato cakes are golden brown, fragrant with a crispy potato layer, sweet shrimp, served with lettuce and dipped in a delicious sweet and sour sauce.
18Salty Fried Cakes
On a chilly day, gathering around the kitchen with loved ones, biting into a crispy salty fried cake that melts in your mouth and is fragrant is simply wonderful.
Salty fried cakes are best enjoyed hot, dipped in spicy fish sauce, and served with fresh vegetables and herbs. I assure you that the whole family will become addicted to this snack.
19Floating Rice Balls
Floating rice balls are one of the famous desserts of the Chinese with simple, easily found ingredients that create a uniquely unforgettable flavor. Enjoying this dish together will warm up your winter days.
The round, soft floating rice balls are fragrant and incredibly appetizing with a chewy outer layer, filled with black sesame that blends beautifully with the sweet ginger syrup.
20Grilled Chicken Feet with Satay
Next is the grilled chicken feet with satay that you definitely cannot miss during this cold winter.
Grilled chicken feet are visually appealing with a golden color and slightly charred tips. The spicy flavor of satay combined with the aroma of grilled meat sauce, paired with crunchy chicken skin, creates an incredibly delicious experience.
21Grilled Bread with Chili Salt
If you are a snack lover, you definitely cannot miss the grilled bread with chili salt.
Spicy grilled bread is a super hot grilled dish that not only attracts food enthusiasts with its appealing distinctive flavor, but this dish is also very easy to make to enjoy right at home with just a little time.
22Grilled sticky banana
You will easily find grilled sticky banana on pushcarts along the streets of Saigon; this is a snack that many people love.
The grilled sticky banana is fragrant; you plate it, use scissors to cut it into bite-sized pieces, drizzle some coconut milk on top, and sprinkle a little roasted peanut to enjoy in the chilly weather, which is truly wonderful.
23Meat sticky rice
Next is a dish rich in Northern Vietnamese flavor with a simple, familiar cooking method that everyone loves, which is meat sticky rice.
The stewed meat sticky rice looks really appetizing, with fluffy, soft, and glossy sticky rice grains, and the fatty stewed meat is just right in flavor, eaten with a piece of sweet and crispy pickled vegetable. The taste is truly excellent; this dish will be remembered by the whole family.
24Fried dough
On chilly winter days, enjoying the famous fried dough with family will surely make the atmosphere warmer and cozier.
The fried dough is crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside, blending well with the rich taste of eggs, making it very delicious. You can dip it in soy sauce and enjoy it with pickles to enhance the flavor of the dish!
25Fried square cake
Square cake is an essential dish during the traditional Tet holiday in Vietnam. However, when there are leftover cakes from the celebrations, they tend to harden and lose their original delicious flavor, so we can make a unique fried square cake that is not at all greasy.
Fried chưng cake should be eaten hot and served with pickled onions and meat pie. When eating, you can add soy sauce for a more delicious flavor.
26Soy milk
This soy milk is the ideal drink on cold winter days; a cup of hot soy milk will warm you up.
The fragrant soy milk can be combined with pandan leaves for a more distinctive aroma; when drinking, you will taste the rich flavor of soybeans, and you can add sugar to your liking or enjoy it plain, which is also very tasty.
27Vietnamese pancakes
Vietnamese pancakes are crispy, golden, delicious, and have a very attractive fatty flavor. Inside, the filling includes pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts, with a thick and soft pancake shell that is delightful to bite into.
Eating crispy Vietnamese pancakes wrapped with fresh vegetables and dipping them in a fragrant homemade sauce makes it even more wonderful!
28Căn cake
Căn cake is a specialty of the cold region of Da Lat; when mentioning căn cake, you immediately think of the chilly atmosphere here along with a hot cup of ginger tea.
The proper way to enjoy căn cake is to add a bit of minced meat to the dipping sauce and then some green onion oil, and then savor the căn cake with the dipping sauce. You can also eat it with fresh vegetables and sausage if you like.
29Spicy noodles
Spicy noodles are the next dish on the list of winter snacks with a distinctive flavor that rivals the previous dishes, sure to make you exclaim with delight when tasting.
The noodles are chewy and soft, with a characteristic spicy broth combined with rich shrimp, squid, and meat; you can add vegetables to your liking, enjoying the hot spicy noodle soup while nibbling on chewy squid pieces is simply unmatched.
30Grilled Skewers
Grilled skewers will serve as the conclusion of today’s list of winter snacks. With a variety of grilled skewers from grilled shrimp, grilled squid, grilled beef, grilled chicken gizzards, grilled rice cakes, grilled fish eggs,… promising to bring you wonderful experiences.
In the chilly weather, sitting on the sidewalk with friends, enjoying the feeling of hearing the sizzling sound of skewers being grilled over the hot charcoal, emitting a fragrant aroma, surely no one would want to miss.
In the chilly weather, sitting on the sidewalk with friends, enjoying the feeling of hearing the sizzling sound of skewers being grilled over the hot charcoal, emitting a fragrant aroma, surely no one would want to miss.
TasteVN has quickly compiled 30 ways to make snacks for the cold season with extremely simple and quick methods, you will have an attractive snack for winter with your family, surely everyone will gather closer together and the atmosphere will become warmer. Wishing you success in your cooking!
