Vietnamese Beef And Lettuce Curry

Serves: 5

Keyon Hand

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

46

Spice

64

Sweetness

47

Sourness

34

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.3

Difficulty

Ingredients:

5 tbsps

Water

5 tsps

White Sugar

3 cloves

Garlic (minced)

1 cup

Fish Sauce

1.5 tbsps

Chile Sauce

2 tbsps

Vegetable Oil

450 g

Ground Beef

1 tbsp

Ground Cumin

Directions:

1

In a pot, bring the rice and water to a boil

2

Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 25 minutes

3

In a bowl, mash together the sugar and 1 clove garlic with a pestle

4

Mix in the fish sauce, water, chile sauce, and lemon juice

5

Heat the oil in a wok over high heat, and quickly saute the 3 cloves garlic

6

Mix the beef into the wok, season with cumin, and cook until evenly brown

7

Pour in the tomatoes and about 1/2 the fish sauce mixture

8

Reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes, until thickened

9

Toss the lettuce into the beef mixture

10

Serve at once over the cooked rice with the remaining fish sauce mixture on the side