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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Beef hot pot with fermented rice is a wonderful combination of tender and chewy beef, along with the sweet and sour fermented rice broth that creates an incredibly attractive special flavor. Let’s go to the kitchen with Điện máy XANH to immediately prepare this warm hot pot for those chilly windy days or the coming winter!
Ingredients for Beef Hot Pot with Fermented Rice For 3 people
Fresh noodles 500 gr Beef 500 gr (beef tenderloin/ beef fillet) Fermented rice 1/2 cup (rice bowl) Pineapple 1/2 fruit Onion 1 bulb Lemongrass 1 stalk Garlic 3 cloves Chili 2 fruits Lemon 1/2 fruit Cucumber 2 fruits Accompanying vegetables A little (lettuce/ Vietnamese perilla/ water spinach/…) Fried shallots 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 4 teaspoons Fish sauce 5 tablespoons Sugar/ seasoning powder A little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh beef
- Choose beef that has a bright red color interspersed with white streaks and bright yellow fat, with soft, small fibers that do not look too smooth.
- When pressing with your hand, the beef should feel firm and have good elasticity, with a slightly sticky texture.
- You should choose tenderloin beef or fillet beef for this hot pot recipe, as these cuts cook easily when dipped in the hot pot broth and are sweet and delicious.
- If you observe the piece of meat and see small white cysts that are easy to detach, it is very likely that the meat contains parasites, so it should not be purchased.
- Avoid buying beef that is pale green or dark red, with dark yellow fat, spots of white on the meat, soft texture, or strange odors.
How to choose sweet, delicious pineapples
- Choose pineapples that are eye-catching yellow, with uniform color, and avoid buying those with brown spots as they are old or those that are only green as they are not ripe.
- It is best to buy pineapples that are round and short in shape, with large eyes, as these will have more flesh and be sweeter.
- Smell the pineapple; if it has a faint characteristic aroma, it is just ripe and should be purchased. Conversely, if the smell is too strong, it means the pineapple is overripe, mushy, and not tasty.
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Prepare and Marinate the Beef
Wash the beef with water and let it drain, then cut it into bite-sized pieces.
Next, slice the beef against the grain into thin pieces, then marinate the beef with 2 teaspoons of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of cooking oil, and 1 teaspoon of fried shallots, and mix well for the beef to absorb the spices.
How to clean beef properly, without a fishy smell- Method 1: Remove the bad smell of the beef with alcohol by soaking the beef in alcohol for 15 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with cold water.
- Method 2: To eliminate the unpleasant smell of the beef, you can rub lemon on the beef or soak it in diluted vinegar for a few minutes.
- Method 3: To ensure the beef has no bad odor, while marinating the meat, roast a shallot or dried onion, peel it, crush it, and add it to the marinade with the beef.
See details: Tips for cleaning beef without a fishy smell
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Prepare other ingredients
Pineapple, peel off the skin, cut out all the eyes and wash thoroughly. Then, chop 1/4 of the pineapple to make the dipping sauce, and cut the remaining part into small bite-sized pieces.
Lemongrass is cleaned, garlic is peeled and then minced. Onion is peeled, washed, and cut into wedges.
Cucumber is washed, cut into pieces about the length of a pinky finger. Fresh herbs are picked and washed with water, then drained.
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Make the dipping sauce for beef
You put into a bowl 5 tablespoons of dipping sauce, 2 tablespoons of sugar and mix well.
Next, you add 1/4 of the minced pineapple, minced garlic, and the juice of 1/2 lemon into the dipping sauce bowl and stir well. You can add more sugar or lemon if the sauce is not to your liking.
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Cooking the sour dipping broth for beef
You place a pot on the stove and add 3 teaspoons of cooking oil; when the oil is hot, add minced lemongrass and sauté until fragrant. When the lemongrass is golden and aromatic, add 1 liter of filtered water to the pot and bring to a boil.
When the water boils, place a strainer on the pot’s mouth, then add 1/2 cup of fermented rice, using a spoon to gently strain out the residue and collect the sour liquid.
When the hotpot broth boils again, season the pot with 2 teaspoons of seasoning powder, 3 teaspoons of sugar, and stir well. You can adjust the seasoning to your family’s taste.
To finish, add the sliced onion and two chili peppers, then turn off the heat, transfer the broth to another small pot, and set it on a mini gas stove for the family to enjoy together.
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Final Product
The delicious sour beef hot pot, tangy and fresh with tender beef, is very tasty. When enjoying the hot pot, you dip the beef in the sauce as you eat to experience the tenderness and the warm sour flavor soaking into each slice of beef.
Especially, when you wrap the beef with rice paper, fresh rice noodles along with fresh vegetables dipped generously into a bowl of flavorful fish sauce will make you remember this taste forever!
No need to go to high-end restaurants to enjoy, now you can make it right at home with the super delicious beef hot pot with sour dipping sauce from TasteVN’s guide. Let’s get into the kitchen and make it right away to enjoy with your family!
