vietnamese vermicelli bowl

A traditional Vietnamese noodle bowl served with seared slices of beef seasoned with fragrant lemongrass.

Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Vermicelli Bowls with Garlic Hoisin Sauce

fish sauce

honey

chili paste (like sambal oelek)

garlic cloves,

canola oil

hoisin sauce

water

Shredded carrots, lettuce, and cucumbers

cilantro leaves

mint leaves

Vietnamese rice vermicelli noodles (about 8 ounces)

peanuts

In a medium bowl, stir together fish sauce, honey, chili paste, garlic and lemongrass. Add sliced beef and massage seasoning into beef. Let sit for 15 minutes at room temperature.

Heat the oil in a wok over high heat. When oil is nearly smoking, add beef and quickly stir-fry until beef is lightly browned and just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Work in batches if necessary so meat browns and doesn’t steam.

For the beef

Place oil and garlic in a small saucepan. Heat oil over medium-low heat until garlic just starts to sizzle and is fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add hoisin sauce and water; stir to combine. Cook sauce until it is warmed through.

For the garlic hoisin sauce

Place desired amount of noodles, fresh vegetables, cilantro, and mint in a bowl. Top with beef. Drizzle desired amount of garlic hoisin sauce on beef and sprinkle with crushed peanuts.

For serving

A classic Vietnamese recipe! Vermichelli noodles topped with grilled pork, crunchy veggies and garnishes, served with a flavor bursting sauce. Make this classic Asian dish at home!

Vietnamese Noodle Bowl with Grilled Pork

lbs pork shoulder

brown sugar

tbsp fish sauce

soy sauce

garlic

tbsp shallots

~2 inch lemongrass (bottom white part)

vegetable oil

7-8 oz dried rice vermicelli noodles

cucumber (shredded)

carrots (shredded)

rice vinegar

sugar

lettuce

cilantro

peanuts (chopped)

lime

tbsp sugar

2-3 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice (or to taste)

tsp red pepper flakes (or

Remove some of the fat from pork shoulders (but it is not necessary to remove all the fat), and slice pork into thin slices. Bring them into a large ziplock bag.

Combine and blend the rest of the ingredients listed under &quot;Grilled Pork&quot; in food processor/blender to create marinate, and add to zip lock bag. Make sure pork is evenly coated with marinate. Marinade pork for at least 1 hour, or up to a few hours.

Grill pork on a grill pan or outdoor grill. Pork can be pan-fried on a skillet as well. Grill under indirect heat (if using charcoal grill), or medium/low heat (if using grill pan, electric grill, or skillet) to make sure the insides of the pork is completely cook. Note that because there is sugar in the marinate, pork will brown/burn quickly on the outside.

Grilled Pork

Bring hot water and sugar (see ingredients under &quot;Vegtables and Garnishes&quot;) together in a bowl to dissolve sugar. Add rice vinegar. Stir to combine.

Add shredded cucumber and shredded carrots to bowl with vinegar miture. Or, if desire, separate vinegar mixture into two bowls and separately pickle cucumber and carrots.

Press the carrots and cucmber down so that they are completely submerged in the mixture. Pickle for 30-60 minutes.

Drain vienegar mixture.

Pickled Vegetables

Prep/chop the rest of the vegetables and garnishes - lettuce, cilantro, mint leaves, and peanuts. Slice lime into a few wedges.

Other Vegetables and Garnishes

Cook noodles base on package insutrctions. It&#x27;s usually cooks quickly! If noodles needs to sit for a while before combining with the other ingredients, rinse them in cold water to prevent them from sticking to each other, continuing to cook and turning mushy.

Noodles

Combine hot water and sugar to completely dissolve sugar. Then add the other sauce ingredients. Stir to combine.

Sauce (Nuoc Cham)

Bring noodles to bowl, and top with grilled pork, vegetables, and garnishes. Serve with sauce, and enjoy!

Combine

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