Beef / Pork

Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Noodle Salad is for Dinner.

Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Noodle Salad takes 60 minutes to prepare.

Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Noodle Salad takes 8 minutes to cook.

Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Noodle Salad makes 2 servings.

The ingredients for Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Noodle Salad are:

1 shallot
3 cloves of garlic finely sliced
1 stalk of lemongrass (white only) finely chopped
2T fish sauce
180g beef sirloin strips (or whole if barbecuing)
1 red chili finely chopped
1.5 tsp sugar
1T lime juice
1T rice vinegar
1/2 C cooked rice vermicelli (cooled)
lettuce chopped to a medium chiffonade
1/2 cucumber julienned
1/2 carrot julienned
1/2 chayote (choko or daikon raddish or jicama) julienned
1/2 C bean sprouts
handful of finely chopped fresh herbs (cilantro/coriander, mint, Vietnamese mint, Thai basil.
1-2 T chopped peanuts for garnish

Here is how you make Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Noodle Salad:

Marinade for BeefCombine shallot, two cloves of garlic, and lemongrass and mash into a paste either in a food processor or with a mortar & pestle. Add 1T of fish sauce, mix well and season to taste with salt and pepper. Coat beef with mixture and marinate for 1 hour (or up to 1 day) in a non-reactive container.DressingCombine remaining fish sauce, garlic, chili, sugar, lime juice and vinegar & stir / shake well until the sugar dissolves. Set aside.SaladPrepare noodles per the package directions and rinse well in cold water. Cover and set aside. Combine lettuce, carrot, cucumber, bean sprouts, chayote and mixed herbs; mix well and set aside.Grill the BeefFor the best flavor, remove excess marinade from the beef and grill on the barbecue until well charred; slice thinly to serve. If a barbecue isn't convenient pan sear the sliced and marinated beef in a grill pan until charred. ServeTop the salad with the cold noodles and then slices of charred beef, dress with the dressing mixture and garnish with peanuts.Makes 2 large servings.Number of Servings: 2Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JACQUELINEL3.

The nutritional information for Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Noodle Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 2
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 410.2

• Total Fat: 13.5 g
• Cholesterol: 80.1 mg
• Sodium: 1,599.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 39.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.2 g
• Protein: 34.1 g

Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Noodle Salad is Asian cuisine.