''Chả'' is Vietnamese for "

sausage A sausage is a type of meat product usually made from ground meat—often pork, beef, or poultry—along with salt, spices and other flavourings. Other ingredients, such as grains or breadcrumbs may be included as fillers or extenders. ...

", referring to the Vietnamese types of sausage. Other types of sausage have different names: ''xúc xích'' refers to the pork-based Western "

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", and " lạp xưởng" refers to Chinese sausages, sweeter in flavour than the former two. ''Chả'' can be made of several types of fillers: * pork ('' chả lụa'') * deep-fried pork (chả chiên) * deep-fried cinnamon-flavored pork sausage (''chả quế'') * ground chicken (''chả gà'') * ground beef (''chả bò'') * fish (''chả cá'') * tofu or vegetarian (''chả chay'') * steamed pork loaf topped with egg yolks (''chả trứng hấp'')

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