Hanoi Bun Bao

1-11/2 lbs. Beef flank (can use chicken or pork) cut into thin slices and pounded.

Marinate with:

½ thumb ginger julienned 3 cloves of garlic 2 tablespoons water ½ teaspoon sugar

¼ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 tablespoons soy sauce

½ lb. Dry roasted peanuts smashed in mortar and pestle
bean sprouts - 1 lb.- blanched in hot water
½ head lettuce chopped
herbs - basil, cilantro, mint - ½ cut each

2 tablespoons oil in frying pan - add 2 cloves of chopped garlic. Add beef and fry.

Serve beef and rice noodles, on top put -

herbs
lettuce
bean sprouts
meat
peanuts
fried onions
add Nuoc Mam Cham sauce