Vietnamese Shaking Beef (Bo Luc Lac)
May 18, 2024 12:57 AM
Vietnamese Shaking Beef (Bò Lúc Lắc) is an easy and delicious one-pan meal that is excellent for everyday meals as well as special occasions. This dish features tender and flavorful beef plated on a bed of greens and fresh tomatoes.
The name of this dish in the US. comes from the way it is cooked. The cook adds beef to a hot pan and then shakes the pan constantly to cook/sear and move the meat around. It is a one-pan meal that can be put on the table in 30 minutes.
This Southern Vietnamese dish is a popular menu item in a lot of restaurants in the US. I think it is even more popular in the US than in Vietnam. I wouldn’t rank shaking beef in the top 50 popular foods in Saigon. In Vietnam, it is often served with rice or fries.
The dish tastes best with well-marbled beef steak. I like to use ribeye after trimming off excess fat because it’s very flavorful. You can pick other good quality cuts of beef steak that you like.
Ingredients:
For the beef
- 12 oz beef steak (such as ribeye)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon sugar
- cooking oil
- 1 small red onion
- 3 stalks of scallions
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1½ tablespoons butter
For the soy sauce mixture
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons
- 2 teaspoons
- ½ tablespoon
- 1 teaspoon
- 1½ teaspoons sugar
For the salad
- 2-3 soft lettuce leaves, chopped
- 1.5 oz microgreens (about 2 cups)
- 2 small or medium ripe tomatoes
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
5 minutes
Total Time:
25 minutes
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