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It’s shaken baby!
Oh my gosh, did I really just say that?
Wow, the older I get the more embarrassing I become. What’s up with that? I try to be all cool, but all I’ve got is cheesy? Ugh. Really, I am just not cool.
And apparently I am super bad at grocery shopping too because I swear I go to the store every single day. Many times I can get one of my many family members to go for me. I gotta say, that is one of the perks of still living at home and two, having a house full a people.
But aside from becoming cheesy and going to the store daily, you know what is really the worst?
Walking in the door, opening the fridge and realizing you bought a gazillian and one things, but somehow managed to forget the two items needed most. The two items you actually went to the store for! Seriously, why does this happen?
And you know the worst part? I wrote them in BIG letters on my list… and I still never got them!
Here is my problem, I write these lists and somehow they do actually make it into the store with me (that is a miracle right there), but then I set the list in my cart. And then the cart starts piling up, and then it get’s lost under the giant bag of avocados, boxes of strawberries, gallons of milk and cans of coconut milk and so on and so on. Then by the time I get to the check out the cart is overflowing and I think, oh yeah, I got everything.
The cart’s packed to the brim, how could I not have gotten everything.
Yeah, right.
A lot of times I will find the list as I unload and then run through the store grabbing the last few items, all while I am probably annoying the heck out of the cashier… not to mention the people behind me. Normally I am buying enough stuff that I have time to run back, so it’s ok. But this last time, I never even looked at the list. Mistake. Lesson learned – LOOK OVER THE LIST.
Soo, this meal?
It’s making all my meat loving brothers crazy jealous right now.
Well minus all the veggies of course, but the beef and rice? Oh yeah, they are dying right now. The verdict? It’s Creighton AND Tieghan approved.
Vietnamese Shaken Beef Bowl.
Ingredients
Shaken Beef
- 1 pound beef chuck, cubed
- 3 cloves garlic, minced or grated
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar, divided
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/3 cup olive oil, divided
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup fish sauce
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 lime, juiced
- 6 green onions, chopped
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 red bell peppers, sliced
Bowls
- 2 large carrots, cut into matchsticks
- 1 cucumber, cut into matchsticks
- 1/2 a small head green cabbage, roughly chopped
- 1 cup fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh mint, roughly chopped
- 1/3 cup roasted peanuts, chopped
- 4 cups steamed white rice
Hoisin Sauce
- 1/4 cup hoisin
- 2 tablespoon peanut butter, or can sub almond butter
- 2 tablespoons sweet thai chili sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- water, to thin
Instructions
- Add the cubed meat to a bowl and toss with the garlic, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 tablespoon olive oil, salt and pepper. Toss well and let the meat sit at room temperature for 1 hour.
- In a small bowl whisk together the remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce and rice vinegar.
- During this time I like to make the rice, prep the veggies and make the hoisin sauce so it is all ready to go when the beef is done.
- Once the meat has sat for 1 hour, heat a large heavy bottomed skillet over high heat until very hot. Add the remaining olive oil (a little less than 1/3 cup) and heat until just barely smoking. Carefully add the meat and cook undisturbed, over high heat for 1 minute or until browned. Turn the meat and cook for 1 minute longer or until browned. Tilt the skillet and drain off all but 1 tablespoon of oil into an old can or jar. Add the bell peppers and saute 1 minute. Add the green onions and cook for 30 seconds. Pour in the soy sauce mixture, shaking the skillet to coat the meat. Add the butter and shake the pan until the butter is melted. Turn off the heat.
- Divide the rice among 4 bowls. Add the carrots, cucumbers. cabbage, cilantro and mint. Pour the beef + peppers over the rice. Garnish with chopped peanuts and serve with the Hoisin Sauce.
To Make the Hoisin Sauce
- Combine the hoisin sauce, peanut butter, sweet thai chili sauce, sesame oil and crushed red pepper. Stir to combine and add water as needed to thin the sauce out. Serve with the bowls.
Notes
Nutrition
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Did you make this recipe? Please rate & comment below.
And that’s a miracle… we never agree on food.
Is there anything you could use as a substitute for the peanut/almond butter? This sounds amazing but I’m allergic 🙁
Hey Nicole,
Can use Tahini? It’s sesame seed paste. That would work great!
Made this last night. Could not eat it fast enough! holy smokes girl, you are awesome! I’ve made several of your recipes and love them all but this one has really stuck out to me. Super easy, super tasty. Thanks!
THANK YOU! I am so excited you loved this! 🙂
The veggies are so colorful! Great way to get in a rainbow for the day!
Thanks Amy!
YUM! I love big bowls of ingredients like this and need to try this combination soon!
Me too! They are my favorite! Thanks!
how colorful and delicious… yum!
Thank you!
This was awesome! The combination of ingredients is a party in your mouth! I made it last night with filet mignon and planned to take leftovers for lunch…..uhh, 15 minutes later the bowl was gone!
o happy you loved this!! Thanks Beth!
Haha Tieghan I am so bad too with grocery shopping!! I need to go almost every other day since I never remember to get everything lol!
Glad I am not alone! Thanks!
Amazingly delicious!
Thanks Meredith!
Excited to make this tonight- but I don’t see the amount of butter listed in ingredients, and when/where does the lime juice get added?
1 tablespoon butter and the lime juice in the end right before serving. So sorry about that. Hope you love this!
No problem at all- thanks for the quick reply and the DELICIOUS recipe!
I loved making this. My husband went crazy for it. And you know how much the Slanted Door charges for this dish? $36.00 a person. Yikes. Yours looks delicious. I know mine came out so great that I talked about it for days. I even made the lime dipping sauce and I gotta tell ya, you need to try it Tieighan. It’s A MUST.
36?? That is insane!!
Have to try that sauce!
Thanks!
I can’t wait to try this! A Vietnamese beef bowl plus all those veggies may just be my dream dinner!
This looks like something that could be both Abby and Dustin approved. He loves meat, I love veggies! Putting these on the ‘to try’ list.
Abby
Drool! This looks amazing! So colorful!
All that dish is missing for me is a generous drizzle of sriracha over the top – yum!
OMG love this! Totally wanna try it. Do you know how long fish sauce lasts, I have some but it may be a year old 🙁