Beef Noodle Salad - Eat Like a Viet

Ingredients

• 500g-800g lean beef, thinly sliced
• 13 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 lemongrass stalk (white part only), minced
• 1 ½ tbsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 3 tbsp oyster sauce
• 3 tbsp sugar
• pinch of bicarbonate soda*
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, thinly sliced
• ½ iceberg lettuce, shredded
• 200g bean sprouts
• Bunch of mint, roughly chopped
• 1 cup carrot daikon pickle (pg 37)
• 1 Lebanese cucumber, julienned
• 500g cooked vermicelli rice noodles