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    Home » Recipes » All Recipes » Meats » Rice Noodles w/ Curried Meat Sauce ก๋วยเตี๋ยวเนื้อสับ

    Rice Noodles w/ Curried Meat Sauce ก๋วยเตี๋ยวเนื้อสับ

    Published: Feb 28, 2017 · Modified: Jan 4, 2021 by Pailin Chongchitnant · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Bolognese sauce with Thai flavours...does that sound delish or what!? This recipe is a special one because it’s a part of Canada-wide recipe swap! 9 food bloggers and a YouTuber (me!) across Canada are being challenged to "Rethink Beef". So, each of us are coming up with a recipe that reflects our cultural backgrounds or culinary journey, and all of us are using the same main ingredient: ground beef!

    When people think ground beef (in N. America at least), they usually think burgers, spaghetti and meatballs, and not much more. But ground beef is such a versatile ingredient that is used all over the world, so the 10 of us are here to help inspire you to "think outside the pantry" with new recipe ideas from cultures around the world, and this recipe is my contribution 🙂

    Here's the fun part: we are swapping our recipe with another blogger's from across the country, so even I get to learn something new, and I get to share it with you! My swap partner is Kelly Neil, a food photographer from Halifax, Nova Scotia, which is on the east coast of Canada, and she shared with me "East Coast Panzanella Salad" which is as delicious as it is interesting! So check out THIS PAGE for the BONUS recipe!

    Thank you ThinkBeef.ca for sponsoring this fun project!

     

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    Rice Noodles w/ Curried Meat Sauce ก๋วยเตี๋ยวเนื้อสับ

    Rice Noodles w/ Curried Meat Sauce ก๋วยเตี๋ยวเนื้อสับ

    ★★★★ 4 from 4 reviews
    • Author: Pailin Chongchitnant
    • Yield: Serves 4
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    Ingredients

    • 1 lb ground beef (you can use regular or lean)
    • 1 Tbsp fish sauce
    • 2 ½  tsp curry powder
    • Vegetable oil, as needed
    • 6 cloves garlic, chopped
    • ½ onion, small diced
    • 2 ripe tomatoes, diced
    • 1 cup chicken stock, unsalted
    • 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
    • 1 Tbsp soy sauce
    • 2 tsp sugar
    • ½ tsp ground white pepper
    • A couple dashes of Worcestershire sauce (optional, to taste)
    • 1 Tbsp tapioca starch or cornstarch
    • 3 Tbsp water
    • 1 stalk of Chinese celery or 2 inner stalks and leaves of regular celery
    • ~4 cups loosely packed green leaf lettuce,  cut into short ribbons.
    • 2 lb fresh wide rice noodles (see note)
    • A dash of Thai black soy sauce or dark soy sauce (optional)
    • Raw egg yolk, optional, 1 per portion
    • Sriracha or Chili vinegar (recipe follows) for serving

    Note: Fresh wide rice noodles or “ho fun” are classic for this dish and I recommend finding them if you can. They come already cooked and can be found at some Asian grocery stores in the refrigerated section. If they are cold and stuck together in a block when you buy them, heat the noodles in the microwave until hot, and you will be able to peel the noodles apart from each other. Alternatively, you can use thin rice noodles (I used them in my Mee Gati video), the thread-thin ones which are the thinnest ones available on the market. These are sold dried, and you simply need to soak these in hot water for 3-4 minutes until soft, then drain well. Do not over soak them!

    Chili Vinegar

    • Spicy chili peppers of your choice, you can use Thai chilies, serranos, jalapenos, or habaneros.
    • 2 cloves garlic
    • White vinegar, ¼-½ cup as needed to blend

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    Instructions

    Mash together ground beef, fish sauce, and curry powder; set aside.

    In a heavy-bottomed pot, sauté garlic and onion in a little vegetable oil over medium heat until the onion is translucent and the garlic starts to turn golden. 

    Turn heat up to medium high, add the beef and cook, breaking up the lumps and stirring constantly, until the beef is fully cooked. Stir in tomatoes, then add chicken stock, oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer gently over medium low heat for a bout 15-20 minutes, reducing the liquid until it looks like a stew.

    Once the sauce has reduced, stir the tapioca starch with just enough water to dissolve it, then

    add a splash of it to the sauce, quickly stirring it in. If the sauce is simmering (as it should be), the sauce will thicken almost instantly. Stir in a little more slurry as needed until the liquid part of the sauce is thick enough that it is coating the beef pieces. Season with ground white pepper, then taste and adjust seasoning. Keep hot until ready to serve.

    If you want raw egg yolks on top (highly recommended!), crack all your eggs into a bowl, making sure the yolks are not broken and set aside for now.

    When ready to serve, line serving plates with a handful of the green leaf lettuce.

    Heat a wok or a large non-stick pan over high heat until very hot. Coat the bottom with a little oil, then add the noodles. Add the black soy sauce and give the noodles a quick toss, then spread them out and let sit until the bottom side is toasted in some spots. Give them a flip and let them toast some more until you get some nice charred spots. Remove from heat and divide amongst serving plates.

    Stir the celery into the sauce and pour the sauce over the rice noodles. If serving yolks, make a little crater on top of the noodles and use your CLEAN hands to scoop out the yolk, letting the egg white drip back into the bowl as much as possible, and place one yolk on top of each portion. To eat, drizzle a little chili vinegar or Sriracha and mix the noodles well with the egg yolk and lettuce.

    Chili Vinegar

    (Watch this video @ 7:13 for a quick visual of this being made). 

    Cut the chilies in half and place on a foil-lined baking sheet, cut side down. Place the whole garlic cloves on the sheet as well. Broil the chilies and garlic on “high” until the chilies are charred in spots and the garlic cloves are browned.  Transfer to a blender, add just enough of the vinegar to blend, and blend until there are no more big chunks. 

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    1. Keetaya

      December 27, 2021 at 8:35 pm

      Thank you Pailin for this recipe! I started googling ”ก๋วยเตี๋ยวเนื้อ” one day and found this. It was delicious & very easy to make! Just like my mama made it. I also watch all your other videos now. 🙂

      ★★★★★

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    2. Elise

      October 14, 2021 at 1:30 pm

      This is our go-to recipe whenever there’s ground beef in the house. Our absolute favorite!

      ★★★★★

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    3. Patty

      August 15, 2021 at 2:35 pm

      I am Thai, followed this recipe to a T with all the right brands of sauces. Absolutely delicious and has become a staple in my cooking.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    4. rennyday

      February 10, 2021 at 1:30 pm

      I don't know what I did wrong with this recipe, but there was not taste, so I added more curry powder.

      ★

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