Fried Spinach (Rau Muong Xao)

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Title: Fried Spinach (Rau Muong Xao)
Categories: Vietnamese
Yield: 4 servings

6 oz Rump steak 1 ea Medium onion
1 ts Black pepper 1 1/2 tb Fish sauce (nuoc mam)
1 tb Cornstarch 1 ea Fresh spinach
1 ea Large tomato 1 ea Clove of garlic
3 tb Oil

Trim any fat from steak. Sliced thinly. Chop onion finely and combine
with meat, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce and cornstarch.
Rinse spinach and cut each leaf into 3 pieces. Slice tomato into thin
wedges and crush garlic. Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Add
remaining garlic and stir fry until fragrant. Add spinach and stir fry for
3 minutes. Add remaining fish sauce and tomato. Stir fry 2 minutes, then
remove to a heated serving platter. Heat remaining oil in frying pan. Add
meat and stir fry for 5 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons waterif meat sticks to
pan. Remove meat from pan and sprinkle over spinach. Sprinkle with pepper
and serve.

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