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Vietnamese Beef And Lettuce Curry

SUBMITTED BY: WOBBLY PHOTO BY: Holly Berry

"A delicious mild curry to serve with steamed or boiled rice that's relatively simple to prepare. The use of lettuce in cooked meals is also an interesting novelty for Western tastes used to having it only in salads and buffet dishes."
PREP TIME  15 Min
COOK TIME  45 Min
READY IN  1 Hr

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

  • 1 cup uncooked long grain white rice
  • 2 cups water
  • 5 teaspoons white sugar
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup fish sauce
  • 5 tablespoons water
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons chile sauce
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1 (28 ounce) can canned diced tomatoes
  • 2 cups lettuce leaves, torn into 1/2 inch wide strips

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a pot, bring the rice and water to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 25 minutes.
  2. In a bowl, mash together the sugar and 1 clove garlic with a pestle. Mix in the fish sauce, water, chile sauce, and lemon juice.
  3. Heat the oil in a wok over high heat, and quickly saute the 3 cloves garlic. Mix the beef into the wok, season with cumin, and cook until evenly brown. Pour in the tomatoes and about 1/2 the fish sauce mixture. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes, until thickened.
  4. Toss the lettuce into the beef mixture. Serve at once over the cooked rice with the remaining fish sauce mixture on the side.
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REVIEWS

The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2005 by GUAYAQUILHOOK
This was great! I used my favorite curry blend, 1/2 the tomatoes, and a little extra lettuce.... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 3, 2005 by filijm2002
It was a spicy sweet dish that proved worthy of my dinner table. MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 15, 2005 by COOKING66
The cumin must be a type-o as previously mentioned. I used cumin and it tastes more like taco... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 15, 2005 by DEHERE98
This was really good! It was a little salty for our taste, so next time I will use half the... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 4, 2008 by Holly Berry
I used chow mein noodles instead of rice, ¼ cup canned diced tomato/chile and a mixture... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 6, 2005 by TOOCHUMPY
I liked the lettuce, but something seemed missing from this recipe. The sauce wasn't too bad,... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2007 by Frances
This recipe is bland. There is nothing Vietnamese or curry about it. It tastes like goulash... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 28, 2006 by JACKLYNJILL
With so many great curry recipes out there, this was just average. MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 30, 2008 by xayide
Definitely not Vietamese, but pretty good anways, and a good use of a pound of meat and a head... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 6, 2008 by Ravished
Wouldn't consider this "Curry" by any means...more like a taco salad as some reviews have... MORE