These Vietnamese Meat Pies (also called Bánh Patê Sô) are based on the French Pâté Chaud. They have a delicious pork filling seasoned with fresh Asian herbs and spices, and wrapped in golden puff pastry. Perfect for snacks or a light meal.
Meat Pies
Growing up in Australia, I ate my fair share of meat pies, especially as the daughter of a baker. Pepper steak pies were my favourite, with a layer of mushy peas under the puff pastry lid, and always a big dollop of tomato sauce (ketchup) on top.
On other days, chicken and vegetable pies, which my mother made using shredded rotisserie chicken in a classic white sauce, would be my after-school snack of choice.
And then there were the pasties and sausage rolls … In short, if it involved puff pastry, you would see me eating it.
Vietnamese Meat Pies (Pâté Chaud or Bánh Patê Sô)
Something which my mother made at home once in a while, but never sold in the bakery, were Vietnamese Meat Pies. The filling was always made from pork mince (ground pork), mixed together with dried wood ear mushrooms, vermicelli noodles and the classic Vietnamese flavourings, which was then encased between layers of puff pastry.
They are based on the French Pâté Chaud, which translates in Vietnamese to Bánh Pâté Sô.
It has been so long since I have eaten a proper Vietnamese Meat Pie that I have forgotten exactly what the taste and texture is supposed to be like; all I remember is my fondness for these little savoury pies as a child, perhaps because my mother baked so infrequently at home.
But I was reminded of these Vietnamese Meat Pies recently when I was visiting the butcher and I noticed an inviting tray of ready-made Pâté Chaud.
Pâté Chaud Recipe
So the Pâté Chaud recipe I have posted here has been created from taste memory. I can’t vouch if it is an authentic Vietnamese Bánh Pâté Sô, especially since the only other version I have eaten was my mother’s, and that might have been over 20 years ago!
The filling here is very similar to what I use when making Vietnamese spring rolls (egg rolls or nems), or Vietnamese-style stuffed tomatoes, so it is definitely a Vietnamese-inspired creation.
But whether it is an authentic Vietnamese Meat Pie or not, to para-phrase Nigella Lawson, they are authentically delicious 🙂
Vietnamese Meat Pies “Pâté Chaud”
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: Makes about 16 pies, depending on size
- Category: Savoury Pies
- Cuisine: Vietnamese
These Vietnamese Meat Pies (also called Bánh Patê Sô) are based on the French Pâté Chaud. They have a delicious pork filling seasoned with fresh Asian herbs and spices, and wrapped in golden puff pastry. Perfect for snacks or a light meal.
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RateIngredients
- 50 g (2 oz) dried shredded wood ear mushrooms
- 50 g (2 oz) dried vermicelli bean thread noodles
- 500 g (1 lb) minced pork (ground pork)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1–2 sprigs coriander (cilantro)
- 1–2 sprigs spring onions (scallions)
- 1 large carrot, roughly chopped
- frozen puff pastry sheets
- 1 egg, lightly beaten for egg wash
- sesame seeds for sprinkling (optional)
Instructions
To prepare the dried mushrooms and noodles
- Place the dried wood ear mushrooms and dried bean thread noodles into two separate large bowls.
- Cover with boiling water and leave for 10 minutes or until they have hydrated and softened.
- Rinse under cold water.
- Drain well.
- Use a pair of scissors to cut the mushrooms and noodles into short lengths.
To prepare the meat filling
- Place the pork mince into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the sugar, salt, pepper and fish sauce.
- Use your hands to mix everything together well.
- Place the coriander (cilantro), spring onions (scallions) and carrot into a food processor.
- Blitz the herbs and carrots everything is finely chopped. If you don’t have a food processor, you can finely chop these ingredients by hand.
- Add the chopped herbs and carrots, as well as the drained mushrooms and noodles, to the pork mixture.
- Use your hands to mix everything together.
To assemble the Pâté Chaud
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
- Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Use a large round cookie cutter, or even a small bowl or teacup, to cut rounds from the puff pastry. These pies can be made as large or as small as you like.
- Take a handful of the meat filling and roll it into a small meatball.
- Place the meatball in the centre of a pastry round and flatten it slightly. Make sure you leave a good 1.5 cm (1/2 inch) border.
- Brush the border with some egg wash.
- Place another layer of pastry on top.
- Use a fork to press and seal the edges together.
- Place the pies onto the lined baking tray.
- Repeat with the remaining pastry rounds.
- Use a small knife to cut a slit on the top of each pie to allow the steam to release.
- Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds (if using).
- Bake until golden brown. The cooking time will depend on the size of your pies (about 20 minutes if your pies are 10 cm/4 inches in diameter).
- Serve hot or warm.
Kitchen Notes
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CONVERSIONS
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: 16
- Calories: 159
- Sugar: 0.8g
- Sodium: 298.1mg
- Fat: 7.1g
- Carbohydrates: 16.6g
- Fiber: 0.7g
- Protein: 7.4g
- Cholesterol: 16.7mg
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Those are so beautiful, and sound so delicious! I love Vietnamese flavors.
Thanks, Michelle!
Cor Thanh, these look wonderful! A new take on a sausage roll which me and Hungry Hubby both love too. And I love that you eat pies with a layer of mushy pies in! I feel less chav-tastic already 😉
Thanks, Jodie! Someone else described these as a Vietnamese version of sausage rolls, and I totally agree! And I love, love my mushy peas … a pie without mushy peas is just not quite the same 😉
The filling of these sounds amazing. Mushrooms, noodles, meat, YUM!
Indeed! My favourite ingredients in one pie 🙂
Those meat pies look really awesome! I’d like to give them a try. Maybe I’ll use pulled pork instead of minced meat. I bet they would be a hit! Thank you for inspiration!
I think anything wrapped in puff pastry will be a hit 😉 And now you have been salivating at the thought of pulled pork wrapped in puff pastry – it can only taste divine!
These are seriously delicious looking international hand pies! LOVE this idea.
Thank you so much! The are also delicious to eat 🙂
These look so delicious! 🙂
Thank you!
These little meat pies sound absolutely scrumptious! I mean, I’m for anything in puff pastry, but these look special!
Oh I’m with you – mention puff pastry and I’m sure to love it!
I’ve always want to learn how to make Meat Pies. Where could I find the mushrooms in America?
Hi Mica,
You should be able to find the dried shredded wood ear mushrooms easily at most Asian grocery stores, particularly the Vietnamese and Chinese ones. Hope you will enjoy this recipe!
These look so yummy! I have never heard of these crispy Vietnamese-style pastries before.
Thanks, Alex! I don’t think they are very common, but they are very delicious 😉 Hope you will get a chance to try them one day.
This looks so cute! There are actually many French colonial remains when it comes to Vietnamese food, that locals adapted to their own taste, such as the bánh mì made of baguettes garnished with veggies and fish sauce seared beef! I need to try your recipe, definitely 😉
Hope you will enjoy this recipe!
Our family loved these!! A nice Asian twist on the usual meat pie but so flavourful.
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What could be better? It looks incredible! Thank you!
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If there’s no pate in the pate chaud then it ain pate chaud. Authentic pate chaud has pate.
Cám ơn Chị Thanh. Em làm bánh xong, vừa ăn vừa cười hí hí vì thích. Phải up hình lên được nửa thì càng thích
Xin cảm ơn những lời tốt đẹp.
Hi, my husband accidentally bought the croissant rolls, will this work for the recipe?
Hi Carole,
I’ve never tried this recipe with croissant rolls. Puff pastry works best for this recipe.
Can you make and freeze ahead of time?
Was such a success for lunch with friends! As one of my friends said, you could just keep eating and eating this delicious pâté chaud! I doubled seasoning (salt and sugar) and added a soup spoon of fish sauce.
Hi Karen,
That’s so great to hear! Thank you for your feedback. My family love these pies too. I now try to keep a batch in the freezer so I can bake these at short notice.
Wow, these were so delicious! I wish I had made more.
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