Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad with Caramelized Steak
All the flavors you love in Vietnamese food in a light and flavor packed rice noodle salad.
Servings: 2 people
Ingredients
- for salad:
- 1/2 pound steak – any cut will do
- 1/3 pound rice noodles (roughly 5.5 ounces) - dry pasta weight
- 2 green onions -thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper – cut into a small dice
- 4 tablespoons cilantro – roughly torn
- 2 tablespoons basil – sliced into thin strips
- 1 tablespoon fresh mint - sliced into thin strips
- 1/2 cup cucumber – sliced into 1 inch thin long sticks
- 1/2 cup carrots – shredded or sliced into 1 inch thin long sticks
- 1/2 jalapeno - diced optional
- 2 tablespoons salted roasted sunflower seeds or salted toasted peanuts
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- for steak:
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons ginger powder
- 3-4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 teaspoon sriracha or more if you want more heat this amount doesn’t really add any heat just flavor
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- for dressing:
- 2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon sriracha
Instructions
- Prepare all of your vegetables by cutting.
- Cook rice noodles according to directions, drain, rinse with cold water, drain and set aside.
- Season steak with salt and sear in a hot pan to desired cook of steak.
- Let steak rest for 5 minutes, then slice up steak and set aside for a minute. Add sesame oil, garlic powder, ginger powder, soy sauce, honey, sriracha, salt and oyster sauce to the pan and bring mixture to a simmer. Add the steak pieces and saute in sauce until coated and caramelized. Remove from heat and set aside.
- To make the sauce, add sesame oil, soy sauce, honey, sugar, rice vinegar, sriracha and whisk together until sugar dissolves.
- To assemble: add cooled rice noodles and all of the prepared vegetables, caramelized steak, sunflower seeds or peanuts and top with dressing. Enjoy!