Thịt Bò Xào Mướp (Beef & Edible Luffa)
Thin slices of stir fried beef and edible luffa
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds beef chuck thinly sliced.
- 3 medium edible luffas washed, peeled and sliced into ½ inch diagonals.
- 2 tbsp garlic chopped. Divide in half, using ½ for the beef sauté and other ½ for edible luffa sauté.
- 2 shallot chopped. Divide in half, using ½ for the beef sauté and other ½ for edible luffa sauté.
- 1 bundle of vermicelli soaked in warm water for 8 minutes (optional).
- 2 tsp salt use ½ for the meat and ½ for the edible luffa.
- 2 tsp pepper use ½ for the meat and ½ for the edible luffa.
- 2 tsp fish sauce add more or less depending on taste.
- 1 tsp chicken powder
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 for sautéing the beef and the other for sautéing the edible luffa.
Instructions
- Wash the beef chuck by sprinkling a generous amount of salt on it. Gently rub the salt into the meat and rinse the salt off using warm water. Pat the beef chuck dry using paper towels.
- Thinly slice the beef chuck and set it aside.
- Chop the garlic and shallots and set aside.
- Peel the edible luffa first, then rinse it with water.
- Cut the edible luffa into halves first, then slice each half into ½ inch diagonals and set it aside.
- Combine in a bowl, thinly sliced beef chuck, ½ chopped garlic, ½ chopped shallots, ½ salt and ½ pepper. Mix well and let it marinade for 15 minutes.
- Add vegetable oil into a pan and let it heat up. Then add the marinated beef into the pan along with the fish sauce and sauté until meat is cooked.
- Remove the cooked beef from the pan and set aside.
- Place the remaining vegetable oil, chopped garlic and shallot into the same pan and let sauté for 2 minutes.
- Add the edible luffa, remaining salt and pepper and sauté until it's cooked (a.k.a. until it's translucent).
- Add the cooked marinated beef back into the pan with the edible luffa.
- Then add in the chicken powder and stir to combine.
- Add in the soaked vermicelli (optional) and let the mixture cook on low for another 5 minutes before serving over rice or alone.
