Lemongrass Beef Tacos
Recipe by Dan Hong
Ingredients
- 1kg ribeye steak, cut into thin strips
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 12 corn tortillas, to serve
Marinade
- 1 stalk lemongrass, finely sliced
- 75ml AYAM™ liquid seasoning
- 75ml AYAM™ FIsh Sauce
- 4 cloves garlic
- pinch of sugar
- 100ml vegetable oil
Salsa verde
- 3 jalapenos
- ½ brown onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 8 tomatillos from a can
- 1 lime, juiced
- ½ bunch coriander leaves, roughly chopped
- pinch of salt
Asian herb salad
- 4 sprigs coriander, leaves picked
- 2 sprigs Vietnamese mint, leaves picked
- 2 sprigs Thai basil, leaves picked
- 3 spring onion, finely sliced on the diagonal
- ½ lime, juiced
- 1 tsp AYAM™ Fish Sauce
Method
- Add all of the ingredients for the marinade to a food porocessor and blitz until it forms a chinky paste. Coat the ribeye in the marinade, set aside for 30 minutes.
- Preheat a heavy grill pan over high heat. Add jalapenos, onion and garlic to the dry pan and char for 5 minutes on all sides.
- Roughly chop the charred vegetables and add to a food processor with tomatillos, lime juice, coriander and salt. Pulse until all of the ingredients have come together as a chunky sauce. Pour into a bowl and set aside.
- Heat a large frypan over high heat. Add a tablespoon of vegetable oil followed by the beef. Space the beef out in the pan, don't stir it yet - allow it to caramelise. Once the sides of the meat begin to go brown, give it a toss in the pan, spread out and continue to cook for 1-2 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- Combine all of the herbs in a bowl and dress with fish sauce and lime juice.
- Warm the tortillas in a hot pan for 20 seconds on each side. This is just to warm and soften the tortillas, they don't need to be crispy.
- Place the warmed tortillas on your serving plate. Divide the meat between the tortillas and top with generous spoonfuls of salsa verde and the Asian herb salad.