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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."

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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

In a pot, bring the rice and water to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 25 minutes.
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.
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.
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

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

Reviewed on Dec. 3, 2005 by filijm2002

It was a spicy sweet dish that proved worthy of my dinner table. MORE

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

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

Reviewed on Jan. 4, 2008 by Holly Berry

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.

Holly Berry
Jan. 4, 2008

I used chow mein noodles instead of rice, ¼ cup canned diced tomato/chile and a mixture inspired by these 3 recipes: Basic Curry Sauce, Chinese Style Sesame Sauce & Teriyaki Sauce and Marinade. I used peanut oil, ginger, garlic, turmeric, curry powder, chile sauce, cilantro, white sugar, cornstarch, rice vinegar, soy sauce, peanut sauce, lemon juice and water. Just keep tasting and adding stuff until you like it. Lots of cornstarch added a bit at a time helps thicken the sauce without affecting taste. While I had the sauce going, I cooked the ground beef in a separate pan then drained it and added to the sauce and continued simmering. Ground beef grease is nasty so I wasn't about to cook the raw beef in the sauce. I let the food cool for a minute to thicken, added romaine lettuce and sprinkled on sesame seeds for texture. Overall, this recipe was good. The cooking times are correct to get good results. I used chow mein noodles because I’m tired of rice and they take literally 1 minute to cook. I tried this recipe because I needed to use up my ground beef, but something like this should be made with thinly sliced steak or pork.

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I used chow mein noodles instead of rice, ¼ cup canned diced tomato/chile and a mixture... MORE

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

Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2007 by Frances

This recipe is bland. There is nothing Vietnamese or curry about it. It tastes like goulash... MORE

Reviewed on Jan. 28, 2006 by JACKLYNJILL

With so many great curry recipes out there, this was just average. MORE

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

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

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