Laos

Sien Savanh

Name: Sien Savanh
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Laos
Ingredients: 600 g Beef (in strips); 3 tbsp Fish sauce; 2 tbsp Sugar; 2 tbsp Sesame; some of each Garlic & pepper; plenty Oil for frying

Lao sun-dried beef

Sien savanh is dried Lao beef marinated in fish sauce, sesame and sugar and dried in the sun.

Briefly fried afterwards, it makes a sweet-salty, slightly chewy snack that pairs with sticky rice and beer.

Servings4

Time60 min + drying

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Beef (in strips)600 g
Fish sauce3 tbsp
Sugar2 tbsp
Sesame2 tbsp
Garlic & peppersome of each
Oil for fryingplenty

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Slice the beef thin and marinate.
Scatter with sesame.
Half-dry in the sun or in the oven.
Briefly fry in hot oil.
Serve with sticky rice and a dipping sauce.

Make it original

Fish sauce and sesame for sien savanh are in the Asia Boutique.

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