Noodles And Rice Recipes - Beef With Vermicelli

Ingredients

• 500g (1lb) topside steak

• 1 tbsp fish sauce (nuoc mam)

• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce

• 1 tbsp sugar

• 3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

• 500g )1 lb) rice vermicelli

• 3-4 tbsp peanut oil

• 1 medium onion

• 1 medium cucumber, seeded and thinly sliced

• 2 tbsp roasted peanuts, chopped

• 1 red chili, seeded and chopped

• Vietnamese sauce dip (nuoc cham)

• 1/2 cup pickled carrot

• 90g (3 oz) fresh bean sprouts

• fish sauce

• sugar (optional)

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Method:

1. Very thinly slice the steak. In a wide dish mix the fish and soy sauce with sugar and soda. Add the steak, stir well and set aside for 40 minutes to tenderize.

2. Soak the vermicelli in cold water to soften. Drain and drop into boiling lightly salted water for 1 minute. Drain.

3. Thinly slice the onion and fry in the oil in a wok unit well colored, remove. Drain the meat and fry in the remaining oil until lightly cooked, add the reserved marinade.

4. Arrange beef and onions on the vermicelli and serve with the sauce dip and remaining ingredients arranged on another plate.