Meal Prep - Steak and Crack Sauce Rice Bowl
Welcome back to another edition of Meal Preps, But Vietnamese, where I show you how I adapt some of my favorite Vietnamese recipes to help you get a little bit closer to your health and fitness goals this year! Today, we're doing a take on one of my most viral recipes - Steak and Crack
- Prep time
- 1 hr
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 lb Steak
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1/3 cup Fish Sauce
- 3 tbsp Filtered Water
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 1 Lime (Juice)
- 3 Thai Chili
- 6 cups Cooked White Jasmine Rice
- 1 Large Shallot
- 2 English Cucumbers
- Cilantro
Instructions
- 1
Steak:
- 2
Dry brine steak by rubbing salt on both sides. Place steaks onto a baking tray and place in the fridge uncovered for a minimum of one hour
- 3
When you're ready to cook the steak, remove it from the fridge and season generously with black pepper and oil. Rub both sides and let the steak come up to room temp
- 4
Grill steak on high heat for 3-5 minutes on each side or until desired doneness
- 5
Let the steak rest for 5 minutes before slicing against the grain
- 6
Salad Prep:
- 7
Cut shallot into strips along the grain. (Optional; if you don't like the raw onion bite, submerge in cold water for 5 minutes). Cut cucumbers on a slight bias into slices. Trim off the woodsy stem ends of the cilantro, then give it a rough chop. Place an equal amount of each herb and veggie into a Ziploc bag
- 8
Sauce:
- 9
In a mixing bowl, combine fish sauce, filtered water, sugar, juice of a lime, and chopped Thai chilis. Mix well until sugar is fully dissolved. Divide sauce into six equal portions in a sauce container.
- 10
Serve:
- 11
Add one cup of cooked jasmine rice into each bowl, and add the Ziploc bag of veggies and sauce container. Top rice with sliced steak
- 12
To reheat, remove veggies and sauce. Reheat in the microwave for 1-2 minutes, depending on your microwave. Dump veggies into the container afterward, pour sauce over everything, and enjoy!