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Recipe for Hanoi Bun Bao

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Overview

This is a basic Bun recipe that can easily be made vegetarian by substituting tofu for the beef. Makes enough for four.

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Ingredients

1 pound Beef flank (or tofu/chicken/pork) cut into thin slices
½ thumb ginger julienned
3 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons water
½ teaspoon sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

2 tablespoons soy sauce
½ lb. Dry roasted peanuts chopped fine
bean sprouts - 1 lb.- blanched in hot water
½ head lettuce chopped
herbs - basil, cilantro, mint - ½ cut each

Directions

place 2 tablespoons of oil in frying pan - add 2 cloves of chopped garlic. Add beef and fry.

Serve beef and rice noodles, on top put:
herbs
lettuce
bean sprouts
meat
peanuts
fried onions
add Nuoc Mam (Fish sauce.)