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Vietnam, Asia · Bò Lúc Lắc (Vietnamese Shaking Beef)

Shaking Beef Garlic Butter Rice Bowl with Jammy Egg

Café-style bowl of shaking beef over golden garlic butter rice, with a jammy egg, crisp cucumber and a lime-pepper mayo drizzle.

ServingsServes 2
Total cooking time33 min
Marinating+ 15 min
DifficultyMedium
About servingsJammy eggs have soft, not fully set yolks. For young children, pregnant women and older people, boil them for 10 minutes or more. A pink centre is only for whole cuts of beef.

Method

  1. Cut the beef into 2 cm cubes, pat dry and toss with part of the minced garlic, the oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, most of the pepper and a little oil. Leave for .

    Add in this stepBeef sirloin or flat iron steak 240 gGarlic cloves 1½Oyster sauce 1 tbspSoy sauce 2 tspSugar 1 tspCoarsely ground black pepper ½ tspNeutral oil ½ tbsp

  2. Jammy eggs: bring plenty of water to a rolling boil in a 16 cm pot on high heat, lower in the eggs straight from the fridge with a ladle and cook for . Move them straight into iced water: the yolks will be soft and jammy.

    Add in this stepEggs (straight from the fridge) 2

    high heat
  3. Lime-pepper mayo: stir the mayonnaise with the lime juice and the remaining pepper. Cut any leftover lime into wedges to serve.

    Add in this stepMayonnaise 2 tbspLime ½Coarsely ground black pepper ¼ tsp

  4. Garlic butter rice: melt half the butter in a 24 cm pan on medium-low heat, add the rest of the minced garlic and cook for until golden (don't let it burn or it turns bitter). Turn up to medium heat, add the rice, salt and the sliced white parts of the spring onions and stir-fry for until every grain is glossy. Divide between bowls.

    Add in this stepButter 1 tbspGarlic cloves 3½Warm cooked jasmine rice 360 gSalt ½ tspSpring onions 1

    medium-low heat→medium heat
  5. Wipe the pan, heat it on high heat until smoking, add the remaining oil and cook the beef in a single layer in 1 batch(es), per batch. Leave it for 1 minute, then shake the pan to roll it, adding the remaining butter at the end to glaze.

    Add in this stepNeutral oil 1 tbspButter 1 tbsp

    high heat
  6. Top the rice with the beef and arrange sliced cucumber, halved cherry tomatoes and the halved jammy eggs around it. Drizzle with lime-pepper mayo and scatter over the green parts of the spring onions.

    Add in this stepCucumber ½Cherry tomatoes 6Spring onions 1

Cook's tip

Always put the eggs into already boiling water so the timing is exact, and peel them under the iced water for easy shelling. Slightly cooled rice clumps less when stir-fried than freshly cooked rice.

Cooking it at camp

At camp, boil the eggs at home. Use one cast-iron pan: fry the garlic rice first and set it aside, then get the same pan smoking hot for the beef. Less washing up.