Home schooling continues…
The kids love Mo Willems’ Lunch Doodles section, and parents love the precious quiet moment it brings. Here is 8-year-old’s newest passion: drawing with one continuous line. This one is called “Two connected men”. The upside of social distancing is that I will have lots of artwork to display.
Beef salad with Vietnamese coriander (gỏi bò rau răm)
(Adapted from Vanh Khuyen)
For 4 servings as appetizer.
Salad:
1/2 red onion (thinly sliced)
300 ml ice water
2 tbs white vinegar
25 g sugar
3 shallots (sliced about 2mm-thick)
Canola oil to fry
1/4 red onion (minced)
3 garlic cloves (minced)
Coriander stems (cut into 1″ length)
1 green mango (cut into matchstick-size)
1 bunch of Vietnamese coriander (coarsely chopped)
1 bunch of mint (coarsely chopped)
1 bunch of coriander (coarsely chopped)
Beef:
300 g beef flank (thinly sliced)
1/4 red onion (minced)
2 garlic cloves (minced)
1/2 tbs fish sauce
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tbs oil
Dipping sauce:
1 tsp water
1 tsp sugar (about 5 g)
1/2 tbs fish sauce
2/3 tsp lime juice (about a quarter of a lime)
2 garlic cloves (minced)
1 chili, optional (mincd)
Garnish:
Roasted unsalted almond (coarsely chopped)
- For the salad:
- In a medium bowl, soak red onion slices with 300 ml icy water + 2 tbs sugar vinegar + 2 tbs sugar. Set aside.
- In a large skillet, fry shallot slices with oil until golden. Drain on a paper towel and set aside.
- Use the same skillet, fry minced red onion and minced garlic until fragrant. Add coriander stems and turn off the heat. Set aside.
- For the beef:
- Marinate beef with minced onion + minced garlic + fish sauce + sugar + oil. Set aside for 30 minutes.
- Use the same skillet, stir fry the marinated beef until cooked.
- Set aside and let it completely cool.
- For the dipping sauce:
- Mix all ingredients together and set aside.
- To assemble:
- In a large mixing bowl, add shredded mango and drained onion sliced.
- Add 1 tbs of dipping sauce and mix well.
- Add half of the vegetables (chopped Vietnamese coriander, mint, coriander). Mix well
- Add beef and the remaining dipping sauce. Mix well.
- Add fried onion & garlic + 1/2 fried shallot + 1/2 chopped roasted almond. Mix well.
- On a large plate, arrange beef salad and sprinkle with the remaining fried shallots and roasted almond.