Recipe: Appetizing Vietnamese Style Beef Kidney

Vietnamese Style Beef Kidney. Add vinegar, and enough water to cover kidney. Something I rarely find anymore, and it's cheap! But I wanted to try something different, and came up with this.

But I wanted to try something different, and came up with this. Very nice, really good, and as long as you don't overcook the kidney, tender, like butter almost. In Chinese and Vietnamese preparations, kidney slices are frequently fried or stir-fried, tossed with spicy chilies to offset the pungent taste. You can cook Vietnamese Style Beef Kidney using 19 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Vietnamese Style Beef Kidney

1. Prepare 1 1/2 pounds of beef kidney.
2. It's 1/2 cup of vinegar.
3. You need 1 of water to cover.
4. You need of Marinade.
5. You need 1/2 tsp. of Ground black pepper.
6. It's 2-4 cloves of garlic.
7. You need 1 of Tbl. Fish sauce.
8. Prepare 1 of Tbl. Soy sauce.
9. It's 2 of Tbl. Oyster sauce.
10. You need 1/2 of Tbl. Sugar.
11. Prepare 1 of Tbl. Hot sauce (optional).
12. It's of Main.
13. Prepare 1/2-1 of onion.
14. You need 2-3 cloves of garlic.
15. It's 1 of inch/1 Tbl. fresh ginger.
16. You need 2 of Tbl. Fish sauce.
17. You need 1 of jalapeno (optional).
18. You need of Garnish.
19. It's of Cilantro, scallions, sesame seeds.

Ensure that you use a very well sharpened knife, I like a boning knife. Try to get all the white cording out, this is a time-consuming task, so know that going in and take your time with it, it's actually really interesting. Place the beef kidneys on a cutting board and cut them in half lengthwise. Remove as much of the lump of fat inside as possible.

Vietnamese Style Beef Kidney step by step

1. Clean kidneys, this is how they look out of the package for me..
2. Cut them in half lengthwise.
3. Thinly slice across, about 1/4 inch thick.
4. Then use your knife to remove the fat and connective tissue.
5. Place in a bowl large enough to hold the meat, plus water..
6. Add vinegar, and enough water to cover kidney. Let sit 2 hours..
7. After 2 hours, drain and rinse, throw out the water vinegar mix..
8. Place in a bowl.
9. Add marinade ingredients.
10. Mix well, set aside 30 minutes, but I like a couple hours myself..
11. Prep your Main things, slice onion, dice garlic, jalapeno and ginger.
12. Add some oil to a wok/stir-fry, heat on medium.
13. Add onion, garlic, ginger and jalapeno, cook until onion is translucent.
14. Drain kidneys, add to wok, toss marinade.
15. Kidney is one of those things that you cook really quick, or a long time. Everything in between means a rubbery, chewy piece of meat. We are going quick for this one..
16. Add the fish sauce, and stir constantly. This should take about 5 or 6 minutes to cook. You want the kidney just done. You have to tell by look mostly, but a picture looks the same as uncooked..
17. I served mine with rice.

If there is any membrane surrounding the kidneys, peel it off and. Organ meats like beef kidney aren't popular in the United States, but they can be a tender and flavorful cut if prepared correctly. Unlike lamb or veal kidneys, beef kidneys are large and tough and require long braising over low, moist heat to become soft. Add the onion and mushrooms to the pan and cook until the onion is soft and translucent, stirring frequently. Add the wine and cook for another minute or so; return the kidneys to the pan and add salt to taste.