Bo-Bun (Vietnamese Noodle with Beef and Lemon Grass) - Vietnamese

Ingredients

300g fillet steak
2 pips garlic, minced
1 small stalk spring onion, chopped
1 tbsp lemon grass, chopped
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp oil
1 Bombay onion, sliced thinly
2 tbsp Nuoc Mam sauce (fish sauce)

Noodles & assorted vegetables:
250g rice noodles, cooked and drained
100g bean sprouts, blanched
1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded and shredded
4 leaves of lettuce, shredded
1 handful fresh mint
4 pickled Chinese leek/onions, shredded
2 tbsp roasted peanuts, crushed

Nuoc Cham Sauce:
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp lime or lemon juice
1/4 cup rice vinegar
1/4 cap Nuoc Mam (fish sauce)
1 small red chilli, minced
2 pips garlic, crushed
1/4 cup water

Method

Cut beef into thin slices/shreds (approximately 3cm long). Mix in garlic, spring onions, lemon grass, sugar and 2 tbsp fish sauce. Marinate for 30 minutes.

Heat oil and stir fry onions till translucent. Add the beef. Stir-fry over high heat till beef is browned, about one minute. Serve with rice noodle and assorted vegetables and Nuoc Cham sauce.

To make Nuoc Cham sauce: Combine garlic, chilli and sugar in a mortar. Pound to a fine paste. Strain in the lime juice, vinegar, fish sauce and water. Store in airtight jar.

From Kuali.com