Vietnamese · Starter · Served at The Inauguration (#1)

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Shaking beef

Shaking beef is mostly about buying a good ribeye, marinating it well, and then searing it hard in batches so every cube browns instead of steaming.

You can plate it over lettuce with cucumbers, tomatoes, and lime wedges, or over watercress with lime and Kampot salt.

Serve immediately with tomato rice.

Notes

I use palm sugar in the marinade. Everything else here is what I do around their recipe.
Marinate overnight if you can. The flavor goes deeper and the beef sears better.
Build the platter before the wok gets hot, so the beef goes straight from the pan onto the greens.