Bo Luc Lac “French-Vietnamese Shaking Beef”

  4.5 – 1 reviews  

What breakfast item tops pancakes? Pancakes flavored like oatmeal scotchie cookies! Take a look at this dish that uses butterscotch chips and oats. Add butter that has been softened on top, then serve right away.

Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Additional Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

  1. 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  2. 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
  3. 1 ½ tablespoons white sugar
  4. 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  5. 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  6. 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  7. 1 teaspoon hoisin sauce
  8. 1 ½ pounds beef top sirloin, cut into 1-inch cubes
  9. ½ cup rice vinegar
  10. 1 ½ tablespoons white sugar
  11. 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  12. 1 red onion, thinly sliced
  13. 1 lime, juiced
  14. ½ teaspoon salt
  15. ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  16. 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  17. 2 bunches watercress, torn
  18. 2 tomatoes, thinly sliced

Instructions

  1. Whisk garlic, oyster sauce, 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, fish sauce, sesame oil, soy sauce, and hoisin sauce together in a bowl; add beef. Marinate beef in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
  2. Whisk vinegar, 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt together in a bowl until vinaigrette is smooth; add onion. Refrigerate for 10 minutes to pickle the onion.
  3. Whisk lime juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and black pepper together in a bowl until dipping sauce is smooth. Transfer dipping sauce to ramekins.
  4. Heat cooking oil in a wok or large skillet over high heat until oil starts to smoke; add beef. Cook in a single layer until beef is seared, about 2 minutes. Cook and stir (or “shake”) until beef reaches desired doneness, 2 to 4 minutes.
  5. Spread watercress onto a serving plate and top with tomatoes. Drizzle vinaigrette over tomatoes and layer beef onto watercress; top with onion. Serve dipping sauce on the side.
  6. I like to serve this next to some of type Asian rice pilaf. One suggestion is simple tomato rice. (1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, 2 tablespoons butter, 3 to 4 tablespoons ketchup and 2 cups cooked rice.)
  7. Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of marinade ingredients. The actual amount of marinade consumed will vary.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 293 kcal
Carbohydrate 13 g
Cholesterol 61 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 22 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Sodium 1238 mg
Sugars 9 g
Fat 17 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Diane Taylor
I recommend letting the beef sit in the marinade at least 4 hours. Not only does the flavor have time to penetrate but it makes the beef all the more tender. The vinegar/sugar blend is absolutely perfect for the onions but again, I recommend letting the onions sit in it at least an hour instead of only 10 minutes AND, half of an onion was plenty. My one and only complaint is that the watercress is a little overpowering with all of its bitter radish-y flavor. Next time I will use half watercress and half baby spinach. Overall great recipe and one I will make again with minor adjustments. Two thumbs up from the hubs!

 

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