This is the express version where I used a beef cube instead of boiling beef bones for hours. So how does it compare up? Well... I had only a few mouthfulls and the rest my lap-top ate it up! Yes, that's why I was offline for almost a week!Well, if you ask me, I think it was good enough for an express meal and I will make this again. I do not have Pho, I simply used ordinary kway teow to substitute.
Ingredients
- 300g thinly sliced beef (marinate with fish sauce and a light squeeze of lime for 30mins)
- Some beans sprout (tow-gay)
- 1/2 cube of Beef Cube Stock (Knorr)
- 1 small stalk of lemon grass
- 4 leaves of lemon leaf (tear into half to release fragrance)
- 1/2 packet of kway teow
- 1-2 tsp of dark brown sugar
- Fish sauce
- 1 green lime
- A few sprigs of mint leaf, Thai basil and cilantro
Method
- Once water is boiling, add stock cube, lemon grass and lemon leaf.
- Let it simmer/boil for at least 15 mins or till you can smell the aroma from the lemon grass & lemon leaf. Remove and discard.
- Add some fish sauce (approx 2-3 tbsp) and dark brown sugar. Taste to check the taste and adjust accordingly.
- Stir in kway teow and bean sprout.
- Once kway teow is slightly soft, turn up the fire till boiling.
- Add in the beef slices and bring everything to a boil.
- Pour into boil with the mint leaves, basil and cilantro.
- Squeeze some lime on top before serving.
- Serve hot and ENJOY!
Tips
- You can omit adding the mint leaves and basil if you do not like too strong herby smell and taste.
- If you like spicy food, you can also add some chilli padi or make a chilli dip for the beef slices.
11 comments:
will try dis out soon.no matter how simple ur cooking is..always taste good.kimi is so lucky 2 hav u as mummy.not like me,my menu keep repeating as long as ju eats.... don't bother 2 learn new recipe...haha...lazy me
WOW... i love this.. i sure will try this dish out.... I love the thai lemon and beef hehe... thanks for sharing.. :p
ellena, pls try it as it is so easy and fast! I love thai lemon and beef too!! I love lemons lah basically! hahaa!
charmaine, aiyo, pls dont say that! U oso cook very well what, where got repeat n repeat? I oso keep repeating esp when I jus want to hv a quick meal! Mayb i shld have another label for Express Meals! Keke! Kimi, he not interested in food.. his taste buds like his papa - safe & boring but don know lucky or unlucky cos its as sharp as mine. :(
looks good! tona, where do you get the beef stock cube? i couldnt find them in any of the usual supermart i frequent.
Judy, I got it from NTUC at my pl leh. It's Knorr Brand. One and only one that is Beef leh..Actually I prefer Maggi but don hv. Want me get for you?I can pass you cos I go to PG every morn..sms me k?
Tona, thanks for offering your help. I managed to find them at Giant. Hardly seen them around. Hehe.
Erm.. what's lemon leaves? -_-"
Judy, lemon leaves are also called Kaffir lime leaves and it is a v fragrant lemony smell..I like to use lemon grass and lemon leaves tog, they compliment well! It's used in alot of Thai cooking. Here's a link to how it looks, can get from Giant or wet mkt.
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Citr_hys.html
http://www.thaitable.com/Thai/Ingredients/kaffir_lime_leaves.htm
Tona,
I gathered lemon leaves are kaffir leaves and got them yday. I made the dish today. Nice! Malc likes it too. Thanks for sharing. =)
Judy, U so clever! So happy to hear that you like it and esp Malc!! When Kimi bigger I will also let him try! Now he cant chew meat in this way yet..but at least now he more open to textures, I so so happy!!
I used a pair of scissors to cut the meat into tiny pcs so that Malc can eat (faster). Glad that Kimi is now more adventurous. That means more yummies for him. Heh!
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