Vietnamese lemongrass beef

Name: How to cook Vietnamese lemongrass beef - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1-2 people
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Kate Carless

Vietnamese lemongrass beef

My husband and I visited Vietnam on our honeymoon last year. We spent 5 weeks travelling and eating our way down the country. One night when we were in Hoi An, we had dinner at a small restaurant. The food was wonderful so we asked the owner if we could come back tomorrow and learn to cook it. He said yes and this recipe is one of the things we learnt. It’s a simple dish, deliciously fresh and tastes absolutely incredible. #mycookbook #Vietnamese

Ingredient

Food ration :

1-2 people

Cooking time :

Prep - 10 mins / marinate - 2 hrs / cook - 10 mins

300 g

sirloin steak (flank steak works well too)

lemongrass sticks finely chopped

garlic cloves finely chopped

shallots finely chopped

1 tbsp

soy sauce

3/4 tbsp

fish sauce (or 1tbsp if you can get Vietnamese fish sauce)

1 tbsp

oil

1 tbsp

siracha

1/2 tsp

Chinese five spice

1/2 tsp

black pepper

1/2 tsp

sugar

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Slice the beef, against the grain. Finely chop the garlic, lemongrass and shallot. Add 1/3 of each to the beef, plus the soy, fish sauce, oil, siracha, five spice, pepper and sugar and marinate for 2 hours.

* Step 2

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Add the remaining lemongrass and fry for 20 secs. Then add the shallot and fry for 20 secs. Then add the garlic and fry for 20 secs.

* Step 3

Add the marinated beef and fry for a minute on each side. Then remove from the heat, cover and leave to rest for a few minutes. Then serve with rice and greens (I stir fried cabbage and tenderstem broccoli with a little garlic, lemongrass, shallot and soy)