Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Noodles Salad
Refreshing and unique salad with wonderful flavours. Rice vermicelli topped with fresh herbs and crunchy veggies, together with grilled marinated beef and doused with tangy, slightly spicy savoury sauce. A must make!
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Min. Marinate Time2 hours hrs
Servings: 4 people
Meat
- 1 lb ribeye (450 g)
- 2 lemongrass
- 1 inch ginger
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 Thai red chili , or adjust to your liking
- 2 tablespoon coconut sugar , or any sugar
- 2 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon oil
Sauce
- 1 inch ginger
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4 Thai red chili , or adjust to your liking
- ¼ cup fish sauce (60 ml)
- ¼ cup water (60 ml)
- 1 lime
- 2 tablespoon coconut sugar , or any sugar
Veggies & Herbs
- ¼ red cabbage
- ¼ lettuce
- 1 carrot , julienned
- ¼ cucumber , remove seeds and slice cucumber in julienne
- 1 cup mint leaves
- 1 cup cilantro leaves
Noodles
- 4 oz dried rice vermicelli noodles (200 g)
Others
- fried shallots
- 1 lime , cut in wedges
Meat
Slice the meat into ¼ inch thick strips of 2-3 inches in length. Set aside.
Take the white part of the lemongrass, cut into small pieces and put into a mortar. Add in ginger, garlic, and chillies. Pound into a paste. You can also use a food chopper for this. Place into a big bowl, together with the rest of the ingredients and sliced meat. Mix well, cover with a cling film and chill in the fridge, preferably overnight (8 hours) or minimum 2 hours.
Assemble
Grab a bowl and add in some rice vermicelli noodles. Top with the veggies, followed by grilled meat. Sprinkle the herbs and fried shallots on top. Pour 1-2 tablespoon of sauce (or to your liking). Optional, squeeze in some lime. Mix everything well, every bite has to have all of the components in it. Enjoy!
- The sauce is the bomb! Adjust and use the amount to your liking. You most probably will have around ⅓ of balance. Use as a salad dressing or pour on top of white rice, yum!
- Estimated sodium nutrition fact is calculated excluding the sauce balance.
Calories: 539.3kcal | Carbohydrates: 57.5g | Protein: 27.8g | Fat: 23.9g | Saturated Fat: 9.1g | Cholesterol: 69.2mg | Sodium: 1465mg | Potassium: 852.5mg | Fiber: 5.7g | Sugar: 14.3g | Calcium: 125.1mg | Iron: 4.4mg