Traditional Vietnamese Shaking Beef (Bo Luc Lac)
This is a easy recipe for a Vietnamese dish called Bo Luc Lac and Vietnamese Shaking Beef. It is marinated in Vietnamese flavors served with lettuce, pickled red onions, and tomatoes.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 547kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp light brown sugar see note 1
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce see note 2
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp sake optional
- 2 lb ribeye steak 1 inch cubes, see note 3
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar see note 4
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- 1 red onion thinly sliced, divided, see note 5
- 1 head lettuce
- 2 tomatoes
Instructions
- Add the garlic, fish sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, black soy sauce, pepper, and sake into a large bowl. Whisk together until combined. Add the steak to the bowl and coat with the marinade. Set aside to marinate for 30 minutes.
- Make the pickled red onions. Mix together the water, rice wine vinegar, and sugar in a small bowl. Add half the red onion and set aside.
- Cook the steak after marinating for 30 minutes. First, heat a tablespoon of oil in a wok or large pan over high heat. Make sure it coats the entire bottom of the pan. Add in the steak.
- Cook the steak for about 1-3 minutes per side until you get a brown sear on all sides. You are aiming for medium rare to medium. You may cook for more or less time depending on how thick your steak is.
- Remove the steak from the heat. Add the rest of the onion to the pan and saute until soft (2-3 minutes).
- Once the steak is done cooking, serve over a bed of lettuce with pickled red onions and sliced tomatoes.
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Notes
- Light brown sugar can be substituted with coconut sugar or dark brown sugar.
- Dark soy sauce can be substituted with regular soy sauce. For a gluten free substitute, use tamari.
- Ribeye steak can be substituted with sirloin steak, filet mignon, or strip steak.
- Rice wine vinegar can be substituted with distilled white vinegar.
- Red onion can be substituted with shallots and sweet yellow onion.
Nutrition
Calories: 547kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 49g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 138mg | Sodium: 826mg | Potassium: 1029mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 1227IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 5mg