This weekend, have you found a delicious dish to enjoy with your family yet? If not, then try the delicious steamed beef with lemongrass recipe below; it will surely make your whole family sigh with delight! Let’s get cooking with TasteVN right away to make this delicious steamed dish!
1. Fragrant Steamed Beef with Lemongrass
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Preparation
1 hour
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Fragrant Steamed Beef with Lemongrass Serves 2
Beef shoulder 400 gr Lemongrass 100 gr Chili A little Pineapple 1/2 fruit Fish sauce 3 tablespoons Seasoning A little (MSG & sugar & seasoning powder) Fresh herbs for serving 200 gr Rice paper A little
How to choose fresh and delicious pineapple
- Color: you should choose fruits that are bright yellow from the stem to the bottom, there may be a few eyes that are slightly green but it still has a certain sweetness.
- Shape: Pineapples that are round and short will have more flesh than those that are long.
- Pineapple eyes: Choose fruits with large, sparse eyes as this indicates that the pineapple is mature and naturally ripened without chemicals.
- Fragrance: you can try smelling the end of the fruit; if it has a fragrant smell, you should buy it. Additionally, avoid fruits that have a slightly sour smell like fermentation, as those pineapples are overripe.
- Pineapple crown: The greener the crown of the pineapple, the fresher it is. Overripe pineapples will have a dry or brownish crown.
- Touch: Fresh and delicious pineapples will not be too hard or too soft; when you press your finger into them, there should be no indentations.
Required tools
Steaming basket, blender, knife, cutting board, pot, stove,…
How to make Lemongrass Steamed Beef
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Prepare and Boil the Beef
Put the beef into a bowl, add a little salt, then use your hands to rub the salt all over the beef to clean the dirt stuck on it.
After that, wash the beef with water 3 times. Remove the washed beef and place it in a colander to drain, then use a knife to remove the outer layer of fat from the beef.
Wash the lemongrass with water to remove any dirt stuck on it.
Next, place a pot of water on the stove, cut 3 stalks of lemongrass into small pieces and boil. When the water is boiling, add the beef and 1 tablespoon of seasoning, and boil for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, remove the beef and let it cool.
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Prepare the remaining ingredients
The vegetables you bought should be picked, washed clean with water.
Next, take the remaining lemongrass, cut the white root part into small pieces, leaving the green stalk part on top.
Take 2 chili peppers, wash them clean, and then cut them into small pieces. Next, peel 2 cloves of garlic and then slice them thinly.
The pineapple you bought should have its eyes removed, the core discarded, and then cut into small pieces.
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Make the dipping sauce
Add the chopped pineapple into a blender and blend until smooth, without adding water. When the pineapple starts to become smooth, add the prepped garlic and blend until smooth.
Once the mixture is smooth, transfer it to a bowl, then add 2 teaspoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and stir well. Next, add 3 tablespoons of fish sauce and stir well.
Tip: If you like spicy food, you can add more chili to the dipping sauce!
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Steaming beef
The beef has cooled down, slice it thinly to your liking and place it in a large bowl.
Add 1/2 of the lemongrass and all the chopped chili into the bowl, add 1 teaspoon of seasoning, and mix well to let the beef absorb the spices.
Tear the lemongrass stalks into thin strips with your hands and lay them at the bottom of the plate, then place the marinated beef on top.
Finally, add the remaining chopped lemongrass on top of the beef and steam in a boiling pot for 5 minutes to complete.
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Finished product
The beef after steaming is fragrant with lemongrass, tender, and dipping it in the spicy, sour dipping sauce is truly wonderful, isn’t it? You can also sprinkle a little roasted sesame on the beef to enhance its flavor!
2. Steamed beef with lemongrass and pandan leaves
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Preparation
6 hours
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Cooking
3 hours
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Steamed beef with lemongrass and pandan leaves For 4 people
Brisket 700 gr Chopped lemongrass 15 gr Sliced lemongrass 50 gr Pandan leaves 50 gr Chopped garlic 10 gr Garlic cloves 10 gr Chopped shallots 10 gr Whole chili 10 gr Cilantro 10 gr Sesame oil 10 ml Oyster sauce 10 ml Fish sauce 30 ml Lime juice 10 ml Ground pepper 2 gr Salt 3 gr White sugar 40 gr
How to prepare Lemongrass Steamed Beef
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Extract the pandan leaf juice
After buying pandan leaves, remove the roots, wash them clean, and chop finely. Remember to save a few leaves to line the bottom when steaming! Then put them into the blender with 100ml of water and blend until smooth.
Once the mixture is smooth, strain it to extract the juice using a clean cloth or a sieve.
Tip:
- To achieve a beautiful pandan leaf color and reduce bitterness, soak them in warm water for about 5 – 10 minutes before blending.
- If you don’t have a blender, you can pound the pandan leaves until they are crushed, mix with water, and then strain them.
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Preparation and Marination
Place the beef in a bowl, add a little salt, then use your hands to rub the salt all over the beef to clean off any dirt. After that, rinse the beef with water 2 – 3 times and let it drain.
Next, put the beef in a bowl and add 15g of minced lemongrass, 10g of minced garlic, 10g of shallots, 3g of salt, 2g of ground pepper, 10g of sugar, 10ml of sesame oil, 10ml of oyster sauce, and 50ml of pandan leaf water.
Use your hands to evenly rub the mixture over the meat and marinate for 6 hours or overnight.
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Steaming the Beef
Place a steamer pot on the stove, add water, and bring it to a boil.
Next, take a deep plate, lay a layer of pandan leaves at the bottom, then place the marinated beef on top, sprinkling 50g of chopped lemongrass over the meat.
Then place the beef plate into the pot, cover it, and steam for 2 hours. After 2 hours, you can use a toothpick to poke into the beef; if there is no red blood on the toothpick, the beef is cooked.
Finally, use a knife to slice the beef into thin pieces and serve on a plate, and the beef dish is complete.
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Make dipping sauce
You put 10 grams of chili, 10 grams of garlic, 10 grams of coriander, and 30 grams of sugar into a mortar, and then pound until the ingredients are crushed and the sugar dissolves a bit.
Then add 30ml of fish sauce and 10ml of calamansi juice, then use a spoon to stir until the sugar is completely dissolved and the fish sauce thickens, and it’s done.
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Final product
The steamed beef with lemongrass and pandan leaves is fragrant with lemongrass and has a subtle aroma of pandan leaves, the beef is fragrant, chewy, and promises to be an extremely suitable snack for weekend sipping!
How to choose fresh and delicious beef
- When buying, you should press the piece of beef with your hand; if it is good beef, it will have good firmness and elasticity, not sticky to the hand, and there will be no unpleasant or abnormal odors.
- You should choose small and tender pieces of meat, with fine fibers, and when pressing, it should have good elasticity.
- Avoid buying pieces of beef that are pale green or dark red, with dark yellow fat, white spots on the meat fibers, and a mushy or slimy feel when touched.
Effective ways to eliminate the smell of beef
- To utilize available ingredients at home, you can take a sufficient amount of salt to rub on the piece of beef, let it sit for 5 minutes, then rinse with water to help reduce the unpleasant odor.
- Soaking the beef in white wine for 15 minutes and then rinsing with clean water is another option for removing the smell of beef.
- Alternatively, mix a little lemon juice or vinegar with the beef and let it sit for a few minutes, then rinse clean, and the beef will become much more fragrant.
- Use roasted ginger, peel it, and pound it finely, then rub the ginger on the beef and rinse with water. The spicy aroma of ginger will help eliminate the smell of beef.
Above are 2 ways to make lemongrass beef that is fragrant, tender, and delicious, which you can prepare for the whole family to enjoy. TasteVN wishes you success in your cooking!
