Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1              pound  noodles
     1/3           cup  rice vinegar
  3          teaspoons  soy sauce
     1/4           cup  garlic puree
  3          teaspoons  sugar
     1/4      teaspoon  crushed red chiles
     1/4      teaspoon  kosher salt
     1/8                nam pla
  1           teaspoon  dried mint
  4                     beef steak
     3/4           cup  bean sprouts
  1                cup  red bell pepper

Preparation:

simmer the pasta in boiling salted water until just tender drain, rinse in cold water, and drain well meanwhile, combine the vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, sugar, red pepper flakes, salt, and nuoc mam with 1 tablespoon water in a food processor process until smooth and well blended pour over the noodles, add the mint, and toss to mix well pat steaks dry with a kitchen towel season with salt and pepper sear on a very hot grill for 3-4 minutes per side remove to a cutting board to rest for 5-6 minutes bias-sliced, across the grain, into thin strips lay a bed of noodles onto the center of a serving platter arrange the bean sprouts around the noodles place the red bell pepper atop the bean sprouts stack the steak atop the noodles garnish with fresh mint as desired serve warm

Nutritional Information:

466 Calories (kcal); 5g Total Fat; (9% calories from fat); 17g Protein; 89g Carbohydrate; 108mg Cholesterol; 401mg Sodium