Asian Meats Recipes - Vietnam Stir Fried Beef Noodles (Bun Bo) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 lb. rice vermicelli

• 1/2 cup peanut oil

• 2 lb. rump steak, cut into strips

• 2 onions, chopped

• 1 Tbs. fish sauce

• 2/3 cup roasted peanuts, crushed GARNISH

• 1 small crisp lettuce, shredded

• 1 small cucumber, chopped

• 3 scallions (green part only), chopped

• 1 serving nuoc cham (refer recipe)

Serves 6-8

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Method:

1. Cook the vermicelli in boiling salted water for 5 minutes. Drain, refresh under cold water, then keep hot while you cook the meat.

2. Heat the oil in a large frying-pan. When it is hot, add the meat and onions and stir-fry for 5 minutes. Stir in the fish sauce and stir-fry for a further 1 minute.

3. To serve, assemble the salad ingredients on one platter, the vermicelli on another ­and the meat on a third. Sprinkle the meat mixture with the crushed peanuts and serve the dish with the fish sauce.