Name: Wok-Tossed Beef with Kohlrabi (Bò Xào Su Hào)
Yield: Serves 4-6 as part of a Shared Meal
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons oyster sauce; 1 kohlrabi, peeled and sliced into 3 cm (1¼ inch) long pieces, about 3 mm (⅛ inch) thick; 2 teaspoons light soy sauce; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 tablespoon fish sauce; 300 g (10½ oz) beef sirloin, trimmed and sliced into 3 mm (⅛ inch) thick strips; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic; 1 small onion, thinly sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4-6
as part of a Shared Meal

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Songs of Sapa

By Luke Nguyen

Published 2009

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KOHLRABI MEANS ‘CABBAGE TURNIP’; IT IS IN THE SAME FAMILY AS THE CABBAGE AND BROCCOLI, ITS TEXTURE AS CRISP AS ITS COUSINS. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF KOHLRABI – PURPLE AND LIGHT GREEN – BUT GO FOR THE GREEN ONES, AS THEY DON’T SEEM TO BE AS TOUGH IN TEXTURE. WHEN BUYING IT AT THE MARKET, LOOK FOR A VEGETABLE THAT RESEMBLES A ROUND SPUTNIK SATELLITE.