Recipe: Perfect 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.

Something I rarely find anymore, and it's cheap! Beef kidneys are the largest and toughest of all and require a longer stewing to be tasty.. In Chinese and Vietnamese preparations, kidney slices are frequently fried or stir-fried, tossed with spicy chilies to offset the pungent taste.. be sure to remove the gristly white center of the organ before proceeding with the recipe. You can cook Vietnamese Style Beef Kidney using 19 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vietnamese Style Beef Kidney

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

Rinse the beef kidneys thoroughly under cool, running water. Pat the meat dry with paper towels. The beef kidney has a very thick white cord connecting the various nodes of the organ. Ensure that you use a very well sharpened knife, I like a boning knife.

Vietnamese Style Beef Kidney instructions

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.

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. If there is any membrane surrounding the kidneys, peel it off and. For this recipe, you really don't need any extra dipping sauce as it's well marinated.