Seared steaks are given a fresh cut in the zesty Vietnamese Beef Salad. Marinate the meat ahead of time and assemble in minutes. This tasty vermicelli noodle dish, it’s filling without weighing you down.
Vietnamese Beef Salad Recipe
Serves 4
Ingredients:
500g sirloin steak
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
¾ cup white wine vinegar
¼ cup caster sugar
1 long red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped
150g thin vermicelli rice noodles
1 large carrot, peeled, finely shredded
2 Lebanese cucumbers, thinly sliced
1 cup mint leaves
fried shallots, to serve
Method:
Place steak into a glass bowl. Add 1 tbsp fish sauce, oil and half the garlic. Toss until well combined. Cover and marinate for 1 hour. Combine vinegar and sugar in a small saucepan over a medium heat. Stir until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to the boil. Transfer to a bowl. Cool. Add remaining fish sauce, garlic and half the chilli.
Place noodles into a heatproof bowl. Cover with boiling water and stand for 5 minutes or until soft and transparent. Drain.
Heat a non-stick frying pan, chargrill or barbecue hot plate over a high heat. When hot, add steaks and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side or until medium rare. Transfer to chopping board. Cover and stand for 10 minutes. Diagonally slice.
Place beef, noodles, carrot, cucumber and mint leaves on serving plates. Drizzle with dressing and serve sprinkled with remaining chilli and shallots on the side.