Delicious and Flavorful Young Calamondin Sauce Beef Tendon Salad Recipe That You’ll Love

How to prepare Beef Tendon Salad with young starfruit and salted lime sauce

• 1

  Prepare and simmer beef tendon

  After purchasing the beef tendon, soak it in diluted saltwater for about 3 – 5 minutes. Then, rinse the beef tendon with water several times and let it drain.

  Tip for cleaning beef tendon thoroughly without odor

  • Method 1: First, you can soak the beef tendon in lemon juice or diluted vinegar for 3 – 5 minutes. After that, rinse the beef tendon thoroughly, and it will be ready for cooking!
  • Method 2: Additionally, you can roast or crush a piece of ginger and rub it all over the beef tendon to eliminate the smell.

  See details: Tips for cleaning beef properly without odor

  Place a pot on the stove, add 1 liter of water along with 500g of beef tendon, 100g of green onions, and a sliced piece of ginger.

  Then, simmer for 30 minutes until the beef tendon is tender enough.

  Once the beef tendon is cooked, remove it and place it in a bowl of ice water for 20 minutes. Finally, take it out and cut it into small, bite-sized pieces.

  

  

  

  
• 2

  Prepare the ingredients

  You will remove the stem of the young starfruit and rinse it directly under clean running water. Next, use a knife to peel the skin and cut it in half to mix with the beef tendons.

  Similarly, wash the mango thoroughly, let it drain, then peel and cut into bite-sized pieces. Trim the lemongrass, wash it clean, and slice it thinly.

  Peel the ginger, rinse it briefly with water, then slice it thinly to simmer with the beef tendons. For the chili, just cut off the ends and slice it.

  Pick the rau răm leaves, discard any wilted ones, rinse with diluted salt water, and let drain. Finally, squeeze the juice from 10 limes, and slice the remaining 5 limes into rounds.

  

  

  

  
• 3

  Making the salted sauce

  Place a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 4 tablespoons of sugar, 2 tablespoons of Korean chili powder, 4 tablespoons of shrimp salt, 1 tablespoon of chili sauce, and the juice of 10 calamondin fruits.

  Stir well for 2 minutes to combine the ingredients.

  

  

  

  
• 4

  Mixing the beef tendon

  Put the beef tendon into a large bowl, add the young green mango, chopped mango, 1 sliced lemongrass stalk, sliced calamondin, sliced chili, and 20g of Vietnamese balm.

  Next, add the entire salted sauce mixture you just made and use your hands with gloves to mix thoroughly so that the beef tendon is well infused with the seasoning!

  

  

  

  
• 5

  Final Product

  Young mango mixed with salted sauce and beef tendon offers a harmonious blend of tender, chewy beef tendon, evenly soaked in a flavorful salted sauce that is perfectly tangy, spicy, salty, and sweet. Additionally, the presence of young mango and crunchy, sour mango enhances the dish’s deliciousness and appeal.

  This dish is very suitable for you to showcase your cooking skills for the family to enjoy on the weekend!