Dish guide
Num banh chok
Num banh chok pairs fresh rice noodles with a light, aromatic sauce and a generous selection of vegetables and herbs. The noodles and finished dish share a name in common use, and versions differ by region, sauce and the plants available to the cook.
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CambodiaThis dish is associated with Cambodia in the cited editorial reference; this is not an exclusive origin claim.
Regional context
- Central Cambodia
- DocumentedIn: A discovery relationship for the initial Cambodia collection, not an exclusive regional origin claim.
Food traditions
- Khmer cuisine
Understand the technique
Understand the ingredients
- Banana blossom
- Banana leaves
- Bean sprouts
- Bird's eye chilli
- Cambodian rice noodles
- Cane sugar
- Carrot
- Chicken
- Cinnamon
- Coconut cream
- Coconut milk
- Cucumber
- Daikon radish
- Dried rice noodles
- Egg
- Fingerroot
- Fish sauce
- Galangal
- Garlic
- Garlic powder
- Ginger
- Holy basil
- Kroeung
- Lemongrass
- Lime
- Long red chilli
- Makrut lime leaves
- Noni leaves
- Onion
- Oyster sauce
- Palm sugar
- Peanuts
- Pork
- Prahok
- Rice
- Rice flour
- Rice vinegar
- Salt
- Savoury seasoning
- Sesame seeds
- Shallot
- Soy sauce
- Spring onion
- Star anise
- Sunflower oil
- Tamarind
- Turmeric
- Water
- Water spinach
- White fish
- White pepper
Sources
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New beginnings: a gourmet guide to Cambodia
, Cambodia Ministry of Tourism official portal
— https://tourismcambodia.org/public/index.php/official-activities/new-beginnings-a-gourmet-guide-to-cambodia (accessed 2026-08-28)— Dish identity, Cambodia association and qualified variation note. -
New beginnings: a gourmet guide to Cambodia
, Cambodia Ministry of Tourism official portal
— https://www.tourismcambodia.org/public/index.php/official-activities/new-beginnings-a-gourmet-guide-to-cambodia (accessed 2026-10-08)— Dish identity and qualified variation note for this editorial draft. -
New beginnings: a gourmet guide to Cambodia
, Cambodia Ministry of Tourism official portal
— https://www.tourismcambodia.org/public/index.php/official-activities/new-beginnings-a-gourmet-guide-to-cambodia (accessed 2026-10-08)— Dish identity and qualified variation note. -
Nom Banh Chok
, The Southeast Asian Table
— https://thesoutheastasiantables.com/recipes/cambodia/nom-banh-chok (accessed 2026-10-08)— Dish identity and qualified variation note.