The name is beef tendon but in fact the main ingredient of this dish is thinly sliced beef skin, mixed with mango, green banana, shallot, peanuts, herbs. Beef tendon is eaten with crispy grilled rice paper. The crispy rice paper can be eaten with it or broken into small pieces, put into the bowl of beef tendon and wait for it to absorb the mixture before enjoying. The crispy beef skin slices, mixed with the fatty aroma of the broth, along with the sour, spicy, sweet, and astringent flavors of the side dishes... make the dish more attractive.
Mixed beef tendon dish.
Tam Mon beef tendon restaurant has been around for over 50 years. This is one of the oldest beef tendon “brands” in Quang Ngai . According to Ms. Doan Thi Tiet (85 years old), owner of Tam Mon beef tendon restaurant, for the dish to be delicious, the beef skin must be sliced very thinly, boiled just right to keep the crispiness, the broth must be fatty and fragrant with fried onions. In addition, green banana, herbs, fish sauce with chili and garlic to eat with also need to be carefully prepared.
Beef tendon is a rustic dish, with an affordable price, on average about 50 thousand VND/portion. Quang Ngai has many specialties that are not only strange to the taste but also very... strange to the ear. Among them, beef tendon is one of the delicious dishes that cannot be missed when visiting the land of An mountain - Tra river, gentle and hospitable.
Article and photos: TUAN VU
Source: https://baoquangngai.vn/thuong-thuc-mon-bo-gan-53370.htm
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