Vietnamese Beef And Lettuce Curry

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• 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.