Hot and sour lime soup with beef

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Recipe «Hot and sour lime soup with beef» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 30 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 2 lemon grass stalks, 3 garlic cloves, 1L beef stock, 3cm piece ginger, peeled, 1 cup coriander root, washed, chopped , 2 limes, juiced and 1 zested, 4 shallots , diagonally sliced, 4 small red chillies, seeded, cut into thin strips , 250g beef eye fillet, 20ml peanut oil, 40ml fish sauce, 1 tsp palm sugar*, 50g vermicelli noodles, 1 cup fresh mint leaves, 1 cup fresh coriander leaves.

Ingredients:

• 2 lemon grass stalks 
• 3 garlic cloves 
• 1L beef stock 
• 3cm piece ginger, peeled 
• 1 cup coriander root, washed, chopped 
• 2 limes, juiced and 1 zested 
• 4 shallots , diagonally sliced 
• 4 small red chillies, seeded, cut into thin strips 
• 250g beef eye fillet 
• 20ml peanut oil 
• 40ml fish sauce 
• 1 tsp palm sugar* 
• 50g vermicelli noodles 
• 1 cup fresh mint leaves 
• 1 cup fresh coriander leaves 

Instructions

1. Bruise the lemon grass and garlic by gently pressing with the blade of a knife. Place in a pan with the stock, ginger, coriander root, lime zest, the green part of the shallot and half the chilli. Bring to the boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
2. Meanwhile heat a chargrill pan over high heat to hot. Brush beef fillet with peanut oil and quickly sear for 1 minute each side until charred but still very rare in the centre.
3. Strain stock, return to pan and add fish sauce, lime juice and sugar to taste. Reheat.
4. Cook noodles following packet directions. Drain. Slice beef thinly. Divide noodles between bowls and pour over stock. Top with beef, mint, coriander, white part of the shallot and the chilli, to taste.