Vietnamese Sweet Beef

For those of you who have not tried Vietnamese cuisine you are missing out on somethin very special. It is light, hearty, with flavors that are amazing.

This is my version of a Vietnamese Sweet Lemon Grass Beef

Ingredients:
1. 3 Red bell pepper
2. 2 large diced garlic cloves
3. 2 diced shallots
4. 1 tbsp diced ginger
5. 3 tbsp diced lemon grass (if you freeze before hand it will diced up very well)
6. 1-2 lbs of beef flank steak cut into thin strips and tenderized
7. 3 tbsp fish sauce
8. 3 tbsp honey (do not use clove honey)
9. Jasmine rice
10. 1/4 cup diced fresh cilantro

Prepare steak by tenderizing with meat hammer. Brown steak and add spices and veggies. Do not overcook, just enough time for the bell peppers to cook all the way 15-20 minutes. Add fish sauce while cooking steak and veggies. Reduce until there is a small amount of liquid at the bottom. Add the honey and reduce until the honey liquid mixture is somewhat thicker. Honey has quite a bit of moisture in it so make sure you cook off as much as you can. Keep on medium heat to prevent the sugars in the honey from burning. While you are cooking the beef put some rice into a rice cooker and cook. When you are done with the beef the rice will be done or almost done.

There should be a good balance of sweet and salty with a hint of lemon grass. Sea salt may be needed but the fish sauce usually already as enough sodium in it.

Enjoy!