Hu tieu xao thit bo rau cu suits a quick dinner: chewy noodles coated in sauce, tender beef and vegetables that still snap. The difficulty is that the strands break easily under a heavy hand or too much heat.
The beef and vegetables are stir fried separately and set aside, then folded back in with the noodles at the very end. Nothing overcooks and the vegetables hold their color.
This batch weighs about 935g, at roughly 179 calories per 100g.
Method
Rinse the beef quickly, pat it dry and slice it thinly against the grain. Put it in a bowl with 1 teaspoon soy sauce, mix well and leave for about 15 minutes.
Loosen 450g tapioca hu tieu noodles gently. Dried noodles should be blanched just until tender, then drained thoroughly.
Rinse the bean sprouts and drain them, slice the onion thinly and chop the spring onion, keeping each separate so they are easy to time.
Heat oil in a pan and stir fry the beef over high heat just until firm, then move it to a plate.
Add the onion and bean sprouts to the pan and stir fry quickly until barely done, still bright and crisp.
Mix the sauce from 2 teaspoons soy sauce, 3 teaspoons kOBE Monk Fruit Blend, 1/2 teaspoon chili powder and 1 teaspoon seasoning powder, stirring until dissolved.
Set the pan over medium high heat, add the noodles and pour the sauce over slowly, folding gently so the strands take up the sauce without breaking. Stir fry until the sauce has almost gone.
Return the beef and vegetables to the pan, raise the heat and toss quickly for 1 to 2 minutes, then turn off the heat. Serve on a plate scattered with spring onion.
Tips
Cook the meat and vegetables separately, then combine with the noodles at the last step so nothing overcooks.
Add the sauce gradually and toss gently, which coats the noodles evenly without breaking them.
Blanch dried hu tieu until just soft and drain it thoroughly, as any water left makes the stir fry soggy.
Slice the beef across the grain and stir fry it fast over high heat for tender meat.
Loosen tapioca hu tieu strands by hand before they hit the pan, since a whole nest clumps together.
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