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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Southeast Asian >> Vietnamese

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 45 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. In a pot, bring the rice and water to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 25 minutes. | 2. 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. | 3. 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. | 4. Toss the lettuce into the beef mixture. Serve at once over the cooked rice with the remaining fish sauce mixture on the side. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
grain white rice	1	cup	uncooked	-	-	-	-
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
white sugar	5	teaspoons		81.27	20.9958	0.0	0.0
garlic	1	clove	minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
fish sauce	1/4	cup		25.2	2.6208	3.6432	0.0072
water	5	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
chile sauce	1 1/2	tablespoons		27.2025	5.6043	0.5645	0.272
lemon	1		juiced	1.1183	0.3508	0.0178	0.0122
vegetable oil	2	tablespoons		234.46400000000003	0.0	0.0	27.2
garlic	3	cloves	minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
beef	1	pound	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
cumin	1	tablespoon	ground	22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
tomato	1	can	canned diced	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
lettuce leaf	2	cups		10.8	2.0664	0.9792	0.10800000000000001

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.