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A delectable rolled beef in cabbage leaves that's hard to resist and doesn't take too much time to prepare. It's a refreshing addition to your summer menu.
Your home-cooked meals often revolve around beef dishes with familiar cooking methods. If you're looking to diversify your menu with colorful, visually appealing, and enticing dishes with a mix of sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavors, then rolled beef in cabbage leaves is definitely a smart choice. Let's learn how with PasGo.
Ingredients:
- Beef: 500g
- Pineapple: ½ fruit
- Green banana: 1 fruit
- Sour star fruit: 1 fruit
- Carrot: 1 piece
- Ginger: 1 sprig
- Dried shiitake mushrooms
- Leaf mustard (spicy mustard greens): 1 bunch
- Raw vegetables: coriander, culantro, Vietnamese balm, Chinese chives
- Lemongrass: 100g
- Red chili: 3 fruits
- Black pepper, lime, salt, soy sauce, shrimp paste, seasoning powder, MSG.
- Dried shallots, garlic
How to make rolled beef in cabbage leaves:
Step 1: Prepare the ingredients
- Peel and wash the ginger and carrot, then slice them into thin strips.
- Clean and finely chop dried shallots and garlic.
- Pick the older, faded leaves of raw vegetables, then wash and drain them.
- Wash the beef, then drain. Cut into pieces about the size of a finger.
- Add cooking oil, squeeze to soften the meat, marinate with spices: 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1 teaspoon of MSG.
- Pick the faded leaves of spicy mustard greens, cut off some of the stems, then wash and drain them.
- Peel the lemongrass, remove the outer layer, wash thoroughly, crush, and cut into pieces about 3 cm long
- Wash the chili peppers, remove the seeds and stems. Squeeze the lime to extract the juice.
- Clean the dried shiitake mushrooms, soak to expand.
- Clean the pickled star fruit, remove the outer rim, then cut into large strips.
- Peel and remove the eyes of the pineapple, then cut into large strips.
- Peel off the tough outer layer of the green banana, then cut into large strips. Since green bananas easily darken, soak them in diluted vinegar when cutting.
Step 2: Steps to make rolled beef in cabbage leaves
- Heat the pan, add oil, sauté the chopped shallots, garlic, ginger, and lemongrass quickly for about 1 minute.
- Add the beef, stir-fry until the meat is medium rare, then turn off the heat. Transfer to a plate and sprinkle with a little ground black pepper.
- Reserve the mushroom soaking water, strain to remove impurities. Boil the mushroom soaking water with the sliced mushrooms for about 10 minutes.
Step 3: Complete the dish
- Prepare the soy sauce and shrimp paste dipping sauce. If you don't like shrimp paste, you can dip in soy sauce with garlic and chili.
- Arrange the ingredients separately on a large plate.
- When eating, wrap the beef and remaining ingredients neatly in cabbage leaves, add raw vegetables, and dip in soy sauce.
This rolled beef in cabbage leaves retains the sweetness and tenderness of the beef. When eaten, you can clearly taste the sweetness of the meat, the fragrance of the pineapple, the sourness of the star fruit, the bitterness of the green banana, and especially the slightly spicy taste of the mustard greens. All the ingredients blend together will make you enjoy the dish.
Eating green leafy vegetables daily in a certain amount can prevent bladder cancer, one of the common diseases today. Moreover, this dish also contains beef - a high-quality protein source and various vitamins, minerals, which are excellent components for a healthy diet.
If you are still unsure about the quality of vegetables or other ingredients, PasGo will suggest a very reliable address for you, worthy of the culinary brand. That is Quan Xua Ngoc Khanh Restaurant, where not only the taste of each dish is cherished but also the space is well-cared for, making diners feel extremely warm.
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Restaurant address:
Quan Xua Restaurant - 104A Ngoc Khanh, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
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Compiled by Vuong Hoai from the Internet - PasGo.vn
