Name: Vietnamese beef roast with cucumber salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1.2 kilogram beef blade roast; 4 centimetre piece fresh ginger, grated; 2 clove garlic, crushed; 10 centimetre stick fresh lemon grass, finely chopped; 1/4 cup (20 grams) desiccated coconut; 1 fresh small red thai chilli, finely chopped; 2 tablespoon peanut oil; 2 teaspoon fish sauce; 1/4 cup (60 millilitres) lime juice; 2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar; Cucumber salad; 2 tablespoon fish sauce; 1/4 teaspoon dried chilli flakes; 2 tablespoon lime juice; 2 teaspoon caster sugar; 250 gram cherry tomatoes, halved; 2 lebanese cucumbers, halved lengthways, coarsely chopped; 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves

Vietnamese beef roast with cucumber salad

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Serves 6

Prep

10M

Cook

1H 15M

Marinate

Total

1H 25M

Ingredients

1.2 kilogram beef blade roast

4 centimetre piece fresh ginger, grated

2 clove garlic, crushed

10 centimetre stick fresh lemon grass, finely chopped

1/4 cup (20 grams) desiccated coconut

1 fresh small red thai chilli, finely chopped

2 tablespoon peanut oil

2 teaspoon fish sauce

1/4 cup (60 millilitres) lime juice

2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar

Cucumber salad

2 tablespoon fish sauce

1/4 teaspoon dried chilli flakes

2 tablespoon lime juice

2 teaspoon caster sugar

250 gram cherry tomatoes, halved

2 lebanese cucumbers, halved lengthways, coarsely chopped

1/4 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves

Method

Vietnamese beef roast with cucumber salad

1.In a large bowl, place beef and combined remaining ingredients in a large bowl; turn beef to coat in marinade. Cover; refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.

2.Preheat oven to 200°C.

3.Place beef on a wire rack in a large baking dish; roast, uncovered, 1¼ hours or until cooked as desired. Cover beef; rest 10 minutes.

4.Meanwhile, make cucumber salad.

5.Slice beef, serve with salad.

Cucumber salad

6.In a medium bowl, stir sauce, chilli, juice and sugar until sugar dissolves. Add tomato, cucumber and coriander; toss gently to combine. Season to taste.

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