Bún Bò Xào/Bún Bò Nam Bộ (Vietnamese beef vermicelli bowl)

Name: Bún Bò Xào/Bún Bò Nam Bộ (Vietnamese beef vermicelli bowl)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 2 serving
Ingredients: 3 tbsp fish sauce; 3 tbsp sugar; 6 tbsp hot water; 1 tsp rice vinegar (5%); minced garlic; minced chili; 0.7 pound beef (top round steak, flank steak, sirloin, strip, and rib-eye cuts); 1½ tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; ½ tsp sugar; ½ tbsp cornstarch; 1 tbsp cooking oil; 1 talk lemongrass; 1 tbsp minced garlic; 1 onion; 1 cup mung bean sprouts; Dry or fresh rice vermicelli; lettuce; cucumber; Herbs (mint, cilantro...); Vietnamese Scallion Oil (Mỡ hành); Vietnamese Pickled Carrot and Daikon (Đồ chua); fried shallots; roasted peanuts

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Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Servings
2
Course
Main Course, Salad
Cuisine
Vietnamese

Bún Bò Xào/Bún Bò Nam Bộ (Vietnamese beef vermicelli bowl)

Gael Pickett

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Bún Bò Xào / Bún Bò Nam Bộ - Quick & easy Vietnamese meal with fresh herbs, flavorful lemongrass beef, rice noodles, and sweet - tangy fish sauce. Preparation takes less than 30 minutes, yet this dish exceeds all expectations.

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Ingredients

Servings

Fish Sauce Dressing

3 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp sugar
6 tbsp hot water
1 tsp rice vinegar (5%)
minced garlic
minced chili

Marinated Lemongrass Beef

0.7 pound beef (top round steak, flank steak, sirloin, strip, and rib-eye cuts) (320g)
1½ tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
½ tsp sugar
½ tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 talk lemongrass (finely chopped)
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 onion (thinly sliced)
1 cup mung bean sprouts (100g)

Serving

Dry or fresh rice vermicelli
lettuce
cucumber
Herbs (mint, cilantro...)
Vietnamese Scallion Oil (Mỡ hành) (optional)
Vietnamese Pickled Carrot and Daikon (Đồ chua) (optional)
fried shallots (optional)
roasted peanuts (optional)

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Instructions

Prepare the fish sauce dressing & scallion oil

For the fish sauce dressing, mix all ingredients and set aside.
For the scallion oil (Mỡ Hành): In a heat-resistant bowl, mix chopped scallions, sugar, and salt. Heat oil in a pan until it's close to smoking point, then carefully pour it into the bowl with the other ingredients. Stir everything together and let the sauce cool.

Marinate the beef

Slice the beef thinly against the grain.
Marinate it with soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, cornstarch, garlic, lemongrass, and cooking oil. Rest for 15 minutes.

Prepare other components during this time

Prepare the ricei noodles following the package instructions.
Wash all the vegetables: lettuce, bean sprouts, and herbs.
Cut the lettuce thinly. Wash and julienne the cucumber.

Stir-fry the beef and serve

Heat a pan over medium-high heat, add oil, and cook the onion until shiny and soft. Add the marinated beef.
Stir-fry beef undisturbed for 20-30 seconds. Then, add mung bean sprouts and stir-fry until perfectly cooked.
Create your noodle bowl with vermicelli noodles, lettuce, mint, cucumber, herbs, and stir-fried beef. Top it with peanuts, pickled carrot and daikon, scallion oil, and fried shallots. Drizzle Vietnamese dipping sauce to taste and serve!