bun bowl

The most delicious accident came together from pieces of other recipes and it tasted exactly like a Vietnamese rice bowl. So great!

1 skirt steak
1 cucumber
1 package of bean thread noodles or rice noodles
a handful of peanuts
soy sauce
lime juice
sesame oil
chili garlic sauce
rice vinegar

Make marinade for steak: combine soy sauce, sesame oil and half a teaspoon of chili garlic sauce and add steak. Let steak rest in the marinade for 15-20 minutes.

Slice cucumber thinly, put into bowl. Pour a couple of tablespoons of rice vinegar and lime juice over the cucumber slices and mix to combine. Let rest for 15 minutes.

Boil water and then soak noodles for 20 minutes.

Cook steak: heat oven to 500 degrees with cast iron pan in the oven. Cook steak in cast iron on stove top on high heat 2 minutes per side. Lower temperature in oven to 400. Place cast iron pan in the oven for 2 minutes. Once cooked let steak rest for 10 minutes.

With a mortar and pestle smash peanuts. Add a half tablespoon of chili garlic sauce to the peanuts along with a 1-2 tablespoons of lime and smash further until well combined.

Rinse noodles and cut into smaller pieces and add to bowl. Slice steak and add to bowl. Cut cucumber slices into smaller bites and add to bowl. Top with peanut sauce. Stir to combine.