Saigon Beef
"Recipe: Gourmet Magazine"
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 23
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
-
For chile garlic sauce
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped peeled fresh ginger
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
- 1⁄2 cup rice vinegar (not seasoned)
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce or 1 tablespoon other asian hot chili sauce
- 2 tablespoons mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
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For beef
- 1 lb sirloin steaks or 1 lb flank steak, 3/4 to 1 inch thick,trimmed and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped shallots
- 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce or 1 tablespoon other asian hot chili sauce
- 1⁄2 fresh habanero pepper, seeded and minced (about 1 teaspoon)
- 1⁄2 cup mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
- 1⁄3 cup well-stirred canned unsweetened coconut milk
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For condiments
- 2 limes, cut into wedges
- 1 head boston lettuce, leaves separated
- 12 fresh mint leaves, thinly sliced
- 3 scallions, thinly sliced crosswise
- 1⁄4 cup dry roasted salted peanut, chopped
- 1 carrot, shredded
directions
- Make chile garlic sauce: Stir together ginger, garlic, red pepper flakes, vinegar, sesame oil, Sriracha sauce, and mirin in a 1-quart heavy saucepan and boil over moderate heat 5 minutes.
- Stir in sugar and simmer until thickened and reduced to about 1/3 cup, about 5 minutes.
- Cool to room temperature.
- Make beef while sauce is cooling: Pat steak dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Heat sesame oil in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté steak, stirring occasionally, until browned on outside but still pink inside, about 3 minutes.
- Stir in shallot, Sriracha sauce, habanero, and mirin and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until beef is tender, about 20 minutes.
- Stir in coconut milk and simmer, uncovered, until sauce is slightly thickened, about 3 minutes.
- To serve: Put beef, chile garlic sauce, lime wedges (for squeezing), and remaining condiments each in a separate bowl.
- Spoon beef into lettuce leaves and top with condiments and sauce, then wrap up.
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Loves2Teach
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I am a teacher, and have been married to my high school sweetheart for almost 9 years. I have a niece who is 7, and a nephew who is 1. Also, I have 2 sweet kitties. Sinatra is a bit on the plump side, and Audrey is a petite dainty thing. They both are almost mirror images of each other.
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