Vietnamese beef with chilli and lime dressing recipe

Name: Vietnamese beef with chilli and lime dressing
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2kg topside of beef; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tbsp freshly cracked black pepper, plus extra for seasoning; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 4 lemongrass stalks, outer leaves discarded, finely chopped; 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander, plus extra leaves to serve; large handful mint, leaves picked; 50g peanuts, half crushed; 2.5cm piece ginger, peeled and sliced; 2 garlic cloves; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 125ml lime juice; 1 thumb-sized red chilli, seeded and diced

Created by The Tesco Recipes team

This Vietnamese-inspired roast beef recipe is singing with flavour. The meat is first marinated in fish sauce and garlic before being coated in a punchy coriander and lemongrass rub and roasted until tender. Served in thick slices, with fresh herbs, peanuts and a sweet and sour dipping sauce, it’s a roast to remember.

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Serves 8
Takes 1 hr 25 mins, plus marinating
367 calories / serving

Healthy

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Tesco For Beef Gravy Granules 500g
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£1.60
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Tesco Fresh Cut Coriander 30G
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Tesco Fresh Cut Mint 30G
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large handful mint, leaves picked
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Method

Put the meat in a large freezer bag. Add the fish sauce, pepper, garlic and sugar. Leave to marinate for at least 1 hr, or chill overnight.
Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. Remove the meat from the bag, pat dry with kitchen towel and season with a little more black pepper. Put the joint, fat-side up, in a roasting tin and cover with kitchen foil. Roast for 15 mins.
Reduce the oven temperature to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C. Remove the meat from the oven and discard the foil. Drizzle over the oil, then top with the lemongrass and coriander, patting it down with the back of a wooden spoon. Season with a little salt. Return to the oven for 1 hr for medium- medium-rare meat. For medium-well- done meat roast for 1 hr, 30 mins. Remove from the oven and leave to rest for 10 mins.
Meanwhile, make the dressing. Using a pestle and mortar, crush the ginger and garlic to a fine paste. Add the sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, chilli and 2 tbsp hot water; stir until the sugar dissolves. Transfer to a small bowl.
Arrange the meat on a serving board and scatter over the coriander and mint leaves and the peanuts. Carve the meat into medium slices and serve with the dressing.