Bo Luc Lac

Name: Bo Luc Lac
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1.5 lbs beef tenderloin, cubed; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 2 tsp fish sauce; 2 tsp sugar; 1 tsp black pepper, ground; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tbsp unsalted butter; 1 red onion, sliced; 2 bunches watercress, trimmed; 2 tbsp lime juice, fresh

Tender cubes of beef tenderloin seared at high heat with garlic, soy sauce, and butter. Served over a bed of fresh watercress tossed with lime juice.

30 minMediumServes 4380 cal/serving

VietnameseDinnerStovetopHigh ProteinLow CarbNut-FreeEgg-FreePork-Free

Ingredients

1.5 lbs beef tenderloin, cubed
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tsp fish sauce
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp black pepper, ground
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp unsalted butter
1 red onion, sliced
2 bunches watercress, trimmed
2 tbsp lime juice, fresh

Instructions

1

In a bowl, mix 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp oyster sauce, 2 tsp fish sauce, 2 tsp sugar, and half of the 4 minced garlic cloves.
2

Marinate 1.5 lbs cubed beef tenderloin in half of the sauce mixture and 1 tsp ground black pepper for 20 minutes.
3

Arrange 2 bunches trimmed watercress on a serving platter and pour 2 tbsp fresh lime juice over it.
4

Heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil in a skillet over high heat until smoking.
5

Add marinated 1.5 lbs cubed beef tenderloin in a single layer and sear undisturbed for 1 minute.
6

Shake the skillet to turn the beef cubes, then add remaining 4 minced garlic cloves, 1 sliced red onion, 1 tbsp unsalted butter, and remaining sauce.
7

Stir-fry for 2 minutes until beef reaches an internal temperature of 135 degrees F for medium-rare.
8

Transfer beef and onion mixture over the bed of 2 bunches trimmed watercress and serve immediately.

Questions

Can I make Bo Luc Lac dairy-free?

Yes. The dairy in this entry is 1 tbsp unsalted butter. Swap the butter for olive oil where it melts, or a plant-based block butter where it is creamed. The richness shifts slightly, but the method does not change.

Can I make Bo Luc Lac gluten-free?

Yes. The gluten in this entry is 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp oyster sauce. Swap the soy-based sauce for tamari or coconut aminos. Everything else proceeds as written.

How long does Bo Luc Lac keep?

Refrigerate leftovers within two hours and eat them within three days. Reheat gently on the stovetop.

Can I halve or double Bo Luc Lac?

Yes. As written it serves 4. Every ingredient in this entry carries precomputed half and double quantities, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. When doubling on the stovetop, use your widest pan or work in two batches so the food sears instead of steaming.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is a plain-text cooking reference of 3,876 recipes, free to read and cook from, with no account and no paywall. In the app, this entry scales itself: half, standard, or double batch, every quantity recomputed inside the step that uses it. No ads, no life stories, no photos of somebody else's dinner.

The entries are curated and public-domain sourced, written to a fixed template and checked against it: tested quantities, one closed vocabulary of methods, and precomputed half and double batches on every line. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser, instantly. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually, and the first 30 days are free.