Thịt bò nướng lá lốt

Thịt bò nướng lá lốt ("grilled beef, in betel leaf") or thịt bò lá lốt ("meat of cow, leaf of betel"), bò nướng lá lốt is a dish consisting of Vietnamese beef in lolot leaves, which are called "betel" leaves by some English magazines. Beef fillet is minced and mixed with spice and two types of orange, green cam sành and sweeter cam mật.^[1] The leaves smell spicy but have a medicinal taste.^[2] The food is often served or sold at barbecues.^[3]

In Southern Vietnam, the lolot leaf is also called "Lá lốp".

References

1. Vietnam economic times Volume 152 "Thit bo la lot is a special grilled beef dish. Beef fillet is minced and mixed with spices then there are two types of oranges: green (Cam sành) is for juicing and yellow cam mat, which is much sweeter, for eating."
2. Sami Scripter, Sheng Yang - Cooking from the Heart: The Hmong Kitchen in America-2009 Page 40 "Sometimes called pepper leaf or wild betel, this shrubby vine has heart-shaped leaves that smell spicy but taste medicinal. It is found in Asian markets labeled with its Vietnamese name, lá lốt."
3. Pauline Nguyen, Luke Nguyen, Mark Jensen - Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Vietnamese Recipes 2008 -Page 126 "Our barbecues offered beef wrapped in betel leaf,"

See also

• Lolot leaf, plant