This weekend, let’s try the delicious and nutritious steamed beef with Vietnamese perilla from TasteVN to nourish the whole family with a simple recipe that doesn’t take too much time. Let’s get into the kitchen and check out this steamed dish right away!
1. Steamed Beef with Vietnamese Perilla
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Preparation
5 minutes
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Cooking
5 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Steamed Beef with Vietnamese Perilla Serves 4 people
Beef 300 g Vietnamese perilla 200 g Lemongrass 2 stalks Chili 5 pieces Garlic 1 bulb Ginger 1 piece Shallot 2 bulbs Soy sauce 1 tablespoon Fermented fish sauce 2 tablespoons Sesame oil 1 tablespoon Chili paste 1 tablespoon Common seasoning a little (salt/seasoning powder/pepper/sugar)
How to choose fresh and delicious beef
- When buying beef, you should choose pieces that have a bright red color, fresh appearance, with soft and delicious meat fibers, not too fine, and good elasticity.
- To select the freshest beef, you should go to the market early because at this time, sellers have just restocked, allowing you to pick the freshest pieces of meat.
- Additionally, if possible, you should choose female beef or young beef so that when stir-frying, the beef will be sweet and less chewy than male beef.
- Avoid purchasing beef that has been frozen, lacks good elasticity, and has turned a dark red color. This is because these cows have been stored for a long time and are no longer fresh.
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How to Prepare Steamed Beef with Vietnamese Perilla
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Prepare the Beef
To eliminate the unpleasant odor of the beef after purchase, soak it in a diluted saltwater mixture for about 5 minutes, then rinse with clean water, drain, and cut into thin slices for easy eating.
How to Clean Beef Properly and Eliminate Odor
- Method 1: Since beef is not a particularly odoriferous meat, you can wash it thoroughly with water about 2 times to remove the unpleasant smell.
- Method 2: Soak the beef in water with 1 roasted ginger piece that has been crushed for about 5 minutes, then remove and rinse with clean water.
See details: How to Clean Beef Properly, Odor-Free
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Prepare the Ingredients
For the Vietnamese perilla, pick the leaves and place them in a bowl, then soak in diluted saltwater for about 2 minutes, then remove and rinse again with clean water and let drain.
After washing the chili peppers, take 4 and remove the stems, then slice them. For garlic and shallots, just peel, crush, and chop finely. Clean the lemongrass, and cut it into thin slices for easy eating.
For ginger, use a spoon to scrape off the skin, wash it thoroughly with water, and cut into strips.
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Marinate the beef
Add to the bowl containing the beef 2 teaspoons of seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, 1/2 tablespoon of sugar, all the minced shallots, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, and 1 tablespoon of chili paste.
Then, mix well so that the spices coat the beef evenly, and marinate for 30 minutes until the beef absorbs the seasoning.
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Prepare the dipping sauce for the beef
Add 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of fermented fish sauce to a bowl, then stir well until the sugar is completely dissolved. After that, add all the minced garlic and half of the sliced chili. Mix well, and the dipping sauce is ready.
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Steamed Beef
Place a pot on the stove, add 100ml of water and a steaming rack into the pot. Next, evenly spread the sliced ginger, sliced chili, and sliced lemongrass on the steaming rack, then turn on the stove to medium heat and place the marinated beef on top of the ginger, lemongrass, and chili below.
Cover the lid and steam for about 3 minutes until the beef inside the pot is slightly rare.
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Completion
After the beef is cooked to a slight rare, open the lid and add all the perilla leaves on top of the surface, then cover the lid again and steam for about 2 more minutes to cook the beef and perilla leaves, then open the lid and stir well to mix the ingredients together before turning off the stove.
Serve on a plate, slice an additional chili to place on top for decoration. Prepare a bowl of dipping sauce that you have just mixed to serve alongside, and you can invite everyone to enjoy the meal.
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Finished Product
This steamed beef with Vietnamese balm leaves will have a fragrant aroma of lemongrass after steaming. When eaten, you will feel the warmth of ginger along with the soft and rich flavor of the beef. Especially, dipping it in a well-mixed fish sauce will make the dish incredibly flavorful and enticing.
2. Steamed beef with Vietnamese balm leaves (Recipe shared from Tiktok Cooking with TasteVN)
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Steamed Beef with Vietnamese Balm Leaves (Recipe shared from Tiktok Cooking with TasteVN) For 1 – 2 people
Beef tenderloin 500 gr Ingredients A little (shallots/chili/lemongrass/ginger) Seasoning A little (pepper/seasoning powder/hoisin sauce/cooking oil) Vietnamese balm leaves A little Beer 330 ml
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How to make Beef steamed with perilla leaves (Recipe shared from Tiktok Cooking with TasteVN)
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the beef tenderloin you bought, then slice it into thin pieces for easy eating.
1 bulb of shallot, 1 stalk of lemongrass, 1 chili sliced, and ginger cut into small strips.
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Marinating the meat
Put the beef, shallot, lemongrass, chili, and ginger into a bowl, then season with 1 tablespoon of pepper, 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, and 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, then mix well to marinate for 15 minutes.
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Steaming the meat
Prepare a steamer pot by placing 1 can of beer in the bottom part of the pot, then lining the steamer with a layer of lemongrass and a layer of perilla leaves, and place the marinated beef on top. You should spread the beef evenly for it to cook easily. You should only steam the beef until just cooked to prevent it from becoming tough.
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Dipping sauce
With this dish, you should serve it with fermented fish sauce, the ingredients for the sauce include 1/2 cup of fermented fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of minced pineapple, 1 tablespoon of minced chili, and 3 tablespoons of sugar. Mix all the ingredients well, and you can adjust the seasoning according to the taste of the diners.
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Final product
The beef is steamed to a perfect tenderness with a fragrant aroma of lemongrass and perilla leaves. This dish should be served with vegetables and rice paper dipped in fermented fish sauce to truly capture the flavors of the dish.
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Hope that through the detailed instructions above, you can successfully make the fragrant, attractive, nutritious steamed beef with perilla leaves and have a happy and warm meal with your family!
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