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Saigon Beef




Source of Recipe


Gourmet Magazine, April 2003


Recipe Introduction


Rita Martucci of Wilmington, Delaware, writes: "Can you please get the recipe for the Saigon beef served at Zinc in New Haven, Connecticut?" // Active time: 1 hr // Start to finish: 1 hr // Makes 4 to 6 first-course or 2 main-course servings.


Recipe Link: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/107957

List of Ingredients




For chile garlic sauce
2 tablespoons finely chopped peeled fresh ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
1/2 cup rice vinegar (not seasoned)
1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil
1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce* or other Asian hot chile sauce
2 tablespoons mirin* (Japanese sweet rice wine)
1/4 cup sugar

For beef
1 lb sirloin or flank steak (3/4 to 1 inch thick), trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons Asian sesame oil
2 tablespoons finely chopped shallot
1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce or other Asian hot chile sauce
1/2 fresh habanero chile, seeded and minced (about 1 teaspoon)
1/2 cup mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
1/3 cup well-stirred canned unsweetened coconut milk

For condiments
2 limes, cut into wedges
1 head Boston lettuce, leaves separated
12 fresh mint leaves, thinly sliced
3 scallions, thinly sliced crosswise
1/4 cup salted dry-roasted peanuts, chopped
1 carrot, shredded

* Available at Asian markets and Uwajimaya (800-889-1928).

Recipe



Make chile garlic sauce:

1. Stir together ginger, garlic, red pepper flakes, vinegar, sesame oil, Sriracha sauce, and mirin in a 1-quart heavy saucepan and boil over moderate heat 5 minutes.

2. Stir in sugar and simmer until thickened and reduced to about 1/3 cup, about 5 minutes. Cool to room temperature.

Make beef while sauce is cooling:

1. Pat steak dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

2. Heat sesame oil in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté steak, stirring occasionally, until browned on outside but still pink inside, about 3 minutes.

3. Stir in shallot, Sriracha sauce, habanero, and mirin and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until beef is tender, about 20 minutes.

4. Stir in coconut milk and simmer, uncovered, until sauce is slightly thickened, about 3 minutes.

To serve:

1. Put beef, chile garlic sauce, lime wedges (for squeezing), and remaining condiments each in a separate bowl.

2. Spoon beef into lettuce leaves and top with condiments and sauce, then wrap up.