Vietnamese shaking beef

Preparation

1. Thinly slice the onion and half the cherry tomatoes
2. Mix the salad and set aside in a sieve to allow any moisture to drain (don't add the oil or rice vinegar yet)
3. Mix the sauce ingredients except the garlic and mirin
4. Mince or finely chop the garlic
5. Get a pan hot
6. Season the steaks
7. Add the oil to the pan and then add the steaks
8. Cook for around 3-4mins on the first side, then flip and cook for approx 3 mins on the second side. You want a good crust on the meat. It should be cooked to about medium-rare
9. Set the beef aside to rest for 10 minutes and turn the pan down to low
10. Add the garlic to the pan and stir well for around 30 seconds
11. Add the sauce and use it to deglaze the pan - you will probably need to turn the heat up to medium
12. Once the pan is deglazed turn down the heat to low
13. Add the mirin. you may need a little more or a little less - taste as you go to get the balance right
14. Slice the beef into thin strips around ½cm thick
15. Return the beef to the pan and stir to coat with sauce
16. Spread out the salad leaves on a plate, top with onion and tomato and then drizzle with oil and rice vinegar
17. Spoon the beef atop the salad and then drizzle the remaining sauce over the top

Notes

Ingredients

• 450g beef
• Pinch salt
• 1tsp ground black pepper
• 2tbsp oil
• Sauce
• 1tbsp sweet soy sauce
• 1tbsp hoisin sauce
• 1tbsp fish sauce
• 2tbsp mirin
• 2tsp sugar
• 2tsp sesame oil
• 3 cloves garlic
• Salad
• 1tbsp rice vinegar
• 100g watercress
• ¼ small red onion
• 75g cherry tomatoes
• 1tsp oil

Equipment

Nutritional Facts

• Serving size: 409.4g
• (24% / 30%)   Calories: 596kcal
• (51%)Total fat: 28g
• (28%)   Saturated fat: 5.6g
• (54%)   Unsaturated fat: 18.9g
•     Mono: 15g
•     Poly: 3.9g
• (41%)   Cholesterol: 124mg
•   Trans Fat: 0.3g
• (10%)Total carbohydrates: 30g
•   Starch: 0g
• (53%)   Sugars: 16g
•     Sucrose: 5.2g
•     Glucose: 0.3g
•     Maltose: 0g
•     Lactose: 0g
•     Fructose: 0.3g
•     Galactose: 0g
• (9%)   Fibre: 2.2g
• (112%)Protein: 56g
• Salts
• (65%)   Sodium: 1.3g
• (32%)   Potassium: 1.1g