Thai noodles & ground beef

Yield: 4 servings

Measure Ingredient
1 pounds Frsh rice noodle sheets or
8 ounces Dried rice fla
6½ ounce Grnd bf (at least 80% lean)
1 tablespoon Chopped garlic
1 tablespoon Thai dark thick soy -- sauce
\N \N (See Aew Dum)
1 tablespoon Indian curry powder
1 tablespoon Salted lettuce (Tung Chai)
1 tablespoon Sugar
2 tablespoons Fish sauce (Nam Pla)
1 tablespoon Tapioca or corn starch
½ cup Oil
1½ cup Chicken stock -- cooled
½ teaspoon Ground white pepper
¼ cup Chopped green onions
\N \N Romaine lettuce leaves --
\N \N Washed and dried, cu
\N \N Into bite-sized pces

*GUA TEAW NUA SUB Cut noodles into 1" wide and 4" long strips. If using dried noodles, bring a pot of water to a rapid boil and drop the noodles in. Boil until soft, drain and rinse with cold water.

Stir-fry noodles in ⅔ oil and soy sauce over medium heat for 1 min.

or until the noodles are well coated with soy sauce. Arrange desired amount of lettuce leaves in serving plates. Place noodles on top and set aside. Add the remaining oil and fry garlic until golden brown.

Add ground beef and cook over medium-high heat until done. Add sugar, fish sauce, ground pepper, curry powder and salted lettuce. Stir well. Dissolve tapioca starch in chicken stock and pour into the ground beef. Cook until the liquid become gravy-like and bubbly.

Remove from heat and spoon over the noodles. Sprinkle green onions serve. Makes about 4 servings. From Gail Shimizu. MM:MK VMXV03A.

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