Vietnamese Sautéd Ground Beef- “Thit Bo Ram Man” Recipe

Vietnamese Ground Beef Rice Bowls- Thit Bo Ram Man Recipe

This salty ground beef dish was definitely one of my ultimate childhood comfort foods. Ground beef is stir-fried with a super savory & peppery homemade Vietnamese sauce.

It’s a quick dish that’s salty, aromatic and super savory. This dish is served over steamed jasmine rice and often served with some fresh slices of cucumber to cut the saltiness of the beef.

INGREDIENTS

• 3/4 pound ground beef

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1/4 tsp black pepper

• 1/4 tsp red pepper chili flakes

• 1 1/2 tbsp cooking oil (I used tea seed oil)

• 1 tbs lemongrass (minced)

• 2 garlic cloves (minced)

• 2 bird’s eye chili (thinly sliced)
  

• 1 tablespoon fish sauce (You can also sub out with 1 tbs soy sauce with a dash of fish sauce if you have an aversion to fish sauce, or sub it out completely with soy sauce)

• Mam Tom shrimp paste (*Very optional, this is for more of that authentic and funky umami flavor, to taste. PS- Use carefully, a LITTLE goes a LONG way)

  GARNISH

• 1 tablespoon chopped scallions

• Few sprigs of cilantro

• 1 thinly sliced Thai red chili pepper

  
  PREPARATION

  
  1. Marinate raw ground beef with a little salt, pepper and red chili flakes. Set aside and let marinate for 10 min.

  2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat.

  3. Add the lemongrass, garlic, and chili and cook for 1-2 minutes until fragrant

  4. Add beef and cook, breaking the beef apart as it cooks. Let beef dry out some and slightly crisp at edges. Then add fish sauce and optional shrimp paste until fragrant, about a minute.

  5. Taste and adjust seasonings black pepper, fish sauce (I sometimes add a touch of dark soy sauce at the end to give it a darker color but don’t tell my parents lol).

  5. Mix in the fresh scallions and enjoy!