Name: Wok-Tossed Beef with Winged Beans (Bò Xào Dậu Rồng)
Yield: Serves 4-6 as part of a Shared Meal
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons fish sauce; 300 g (10½ oz) winged beans, tips and any strings removed, then cut on the diagonal into 1 cm (½ inch) pieces; 2 red Asian shallots, finely chopped; 2 teaspoons sugar; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 small handful coriander (cilantro) leaves, to garnish (optional); 250 g (9 oz) beef sirloin, trimmed and thinly sliced; 4 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 onion, cut into thin wedges

Preparation info

Serves
4-6
as part of a Shared Meal

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Songs of Sapa

By Luke Nguyen

Published 2009

About

THE FIRST TIME I SAW A WINGED BEAN PLANT WAS IN DALAT. THE PLANT HAD BLUE FLOWERS, ITS STEMS CLIMBED HIGH, WHILE THE WINGED BEANS HUNG DOWN, POINTING TO THE SOIL. THEY MUST BE THE PRETTIEST BEAN ON THE MARKET AND THEY ARE DELICIOUS: THINK SNOW PEAS AND ASPARAGUS. WINGED BEANS IN VIETNAMESE ARE CALLED DAU RONG, TRANSLATED AS ‘DRAGON BEAN’.