Now here's a really 'Man' dish. It takes a while to prepare but its really worth it ...If you do get down to preparing it do make large quantities of it otherwise its not worth the trouble...its a pretty labour intensive piece of work but WOO HOO is it good....
Beef is really cheap here in Vietnam...I just bought 1kg of beef for about $10...WOO HOO!!! so anyways...no measurements are required just add enough of what you like...
Marinate the beef overnight and use a light beer..preferably bottled...dont use tiger, or any stouts...anchor was good but a light beer is always the best...I used Bia Ha Noi..a local beer..light and sweet it was really good....
cut up onions into little bits and marinate with the beef (also cut up into nice big chunks), use enough beer to cover the meat, add soya sauce and a tsp of sugar....
the following day fry the pieces of beef over a high flame until they turn brown...the inside doesnt need to be cooked....boil the beer and onion mixture then add the beef...
Gross foamy things will so appear...just skim it off as you see it...its the residue from the beer and beef's blood.
Bring heat down and boil for about an hour, then add tomatoes and carrots....another hour later, add the potatoes...use yellow or red skinned ones....not the white one...coz if u cook them for too long they will turn powdery.... add tomato paste to thicken the mixture and cook for 45 mins to an hour.
Season the stew with pepper and salt only at the end...
Mood Music
Lifehouse is a really good band and here's a clip featuring a song called 'Spin'
