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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> South American >> Argentine

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Make marinade: | 2. Thinly slice lower 6 inches of lemongrass stalks, discarding remainder of stalks. In a food processor or blender finely grind together sliced lemongrass and garlic.Add remaining marinade ingredients and blend well. | 3. soy sauce, fish sauce,sugar, vegetable oil, sesame oil. | 4. In a large resealable plastic bag marinade and steak and seal bag, pressing out excess air. Marinate steak, chilled, turning bag once or twice, at least 4 hours or overnight. | 5. In a large bowl soak noodles in hot water to cover 15 minutes, or until softened and pliable. | 6. Prepare grill (or preheat broiler). Bring a kettle of salted water to a boil for noodles. | 7. Discard marinade and grill steak on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals 3 to 5 minutes on each side for medium-rare. (Alternatively, steak may be broiled on rack of a broiler pan about 3 inches from heat about same amount of time.) Transfer steak to a cutting board and let stand 5 minutes. | 8. While steak is cooking, drain noodles in a colander and cook in boiling water 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until just tender. In a colander drain noodles and rinse under cold water to stop cooking. Drain noodles well. | 9. In a large bowl toss noodles with herbs and half of nuoc cham. Divide cucumber among 4 bowls or plates and top with noodles. Sprinkle each serving with 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons rice powder. Thinly slice steak on the diagonal and divide among noodles, mounding it. Sprinkle chilies over each serving and garnish with herb sprigs. Serve remaining nuoc cham on the side. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lemongrass	2	stalks	discarded trimmed	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	6		minced	26.82	5.9508	1.1448	0.09
fish sauce	2	tablespoons		12.6	1.3104	1.8216	0.0036
soy sauce	1	tablespoon		8.48	0.7888	1.3024	0.0912
sugar	4	teaspoons		73.416	18.3632	0.0	0.0
vegetable oil	2	tablespoons		234.46400000000003	0.0	0.0	27.2
sesame oil	1/2	teaspoon		19.89	0.0	0.0	2.25
	1 1/4	1/4		-	-	-	-
vermicelli	1/2	lb		811.9313	171.9117	24.1311	2.9937
basil leaf	1/2	cup	washed	-	-	-	-
mint leaf	1/2	cup	washed	-	-	-	-
coriander leaf	1/2	cup	washed	1.84	0.2936	0.1704	0.0416
nuoc cham sauce	1	cup		-	-	-	-
chilies	2 -4			-	-	-	-
thai basil				-	-	-	-

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