Pork And Beef Recipes - Beef Simmered In Vinegar Sauce

Ingredients

• 600g (10 oz) beef fillet or rump

• 1 1/2 tsp cracked black pepper

STOCK:

• 3/4 cup white vinegar

• 5 cups water

• 3 large cloves garlic, mashed

• 2 large, very ripe tomatoes, chopped

• fish sauce (nuoc mam)

SAUCE:

• 2 tsp Chinese prawn sauce

• 1 small red chili, seeded and chopped

• lime juice

• 2 cups chopped Chinese white cabbage

• cooked white rice

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Method:

1. Very thinly slice the beef (this is done easiest by partially freezing the meat before slicing). Arrange on several plates and season with pepper.

2. In a saucepan mix the vinegar, water, garlic and tomatoes. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes, then strain and transfer to a tabletop hotpot or saucepan/wok or over a tabletop cooker. Add fish sauce to taste.

3. Make a sauce by mixing the prawn sauce with a little fish sauce, the mashed chili, sugar and lime juice to taste, thinned with water. Pour into a small dish for each diner.

4. Add beef to the stock to simmer until lightly done. Dip into the sauce and eat with rice. When the meat is done, cook the cabbage and eat with remaining rice.