
🇻🇳 Vietnamese
Beef Canh Chua
🇻🇳 Vietnamese
Sour-sweet-salty canh chua with beef, pineapple and tamarind — Mekong delta in a bowl. About 40 minutes from fridge to table.
Prep 10 min Cook 30 min Serves 4 Easy
Ingredients
- Saltto taste
- Tomato2
- Garlic1, diced
- Mint Leavessmall handful
- White Pepper1/2 tsp
- Bean Sprouts150 g
- Shallots3 cloves, minced
- Tamarind Paste3 tbsp
- Stock or Broth1 litre
- Beef450 g, sliced
- Pineapple200 g
- Neutral Oil1 tbsp
Instructions
- 1
Sweat the garlic in the Neutral Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.
- 2
Add the shallots and white pepper and cook for 30 seconds more.
- 3
Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the beef.
- 4
Simmer gently until the beef is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.
- 5
Ladle into warm bowls and top each with mint leaves and a grind of black pepper.
Chef's tip
A final squeeze of lime just before serving lifts every other flavour.
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