Bò cặp vách, beef, liver and bacon skewers

Bò cặp vách, beef, liver and bacon skewers

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Vietnamese beef skewers featuring rolled beef, marinated liver, bacon, and onion, glazed with honey, and served with a pineapple-based mắm nêm sauce.

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The flank steak, a fragrant Vietnamese grilled skewer, is perfect for winter. The marinated beef is wrapped around liver, bacon, and vinegar-soaked onions, then glazed with honey.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 25 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodbarbecue
  • Estimated cost$13.01 $3.25 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people

Skewers

  • $5.72
  • $1.22
  • $0.13
  • $0.36
  • $0.53
  • $0.01
  • $0.13
  • $0.50

Fish sauce dipping sauce

  • $0.30
  • $0.09
  • $0.01
  • $0.15

To serve

  • $0.54
  • $3.12
  • $0.20

Prices from US supermarkets for 11 of 15 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Marinate the beef with the garlic, pepper, sugar, oil, and five-spice powder.
  2. Season the liver and bacon. ≈ 2 min
  3. Heat some garlic in oil, then mix it with honey.
  4. Lay out the beef slices and roll the liver, bacon, and vinegar-soaked onions around them. Thread onto skewers and grill, basting with honey and garlic-infused oil.
  5. Prepare the sauce: combine the pineapple, fish sauce, garlic, chili pepper, sugar, boiling water, and roasted peanuts.
  6. Arrange the skewers on a platter with the starfruit and thinly sliced green bananas, rice cakes, and fresh herbs. Sprinkle with French-fried shallots and serve with shrimp chips and the sauce: each person rolls their skewer in a prepared rice cake.

The bill

Bò cặp vách, beef, liver and bacon skewers

  • 300 g of beef, thinly sliced$5.72
  • 100 g of cooked and thinly sliced pork belly$1.22
  • 100 g of pickled onions (kiệu)$0.13
  • 4 cloves of garlic$0.36
  • 1 teaspoon of pepper$0.53
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar$0.01
  • 2 tablespoons of oil$0.13
  • 2 tablespoons of honey$0.50
  • 100 g of finely chopped pineapple$0.30
  • 1 clove of garlic$0.09
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar$0.01
  • 2 tablespoons of roasted peanuts$0.15
  • 2 green bananas$0.54
  • shrimp chips$3.12
  • 2 tablespoons of French-style shallots$0.20

Total$13.01

that's $3.25 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g of beef, thinly sliced
  • 200 g of pork liver, cooked and thinly sliced
  • 100 g of cooked and thinly sliced pork belly
  • 100 g of pickled onions (kiệu)
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 1 teaspoon of pepper
  • 1 teaspoon of five-spice
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of oil
  • 2 tablespoons of honey
  • 100 g of finely chopped pineapple
  • 3 tablespoons of fermented anchovies (mắm nêm), strained
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1 hot chili pepper
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 50 ml of boiling water
  • 2 tablespoons of roasted peanuts
  • One carambola
  • 2 green bananas
  • 8 rice cakes
  • fresh herbs
  • shrimp chips
  • 2 tablespoons of French-style shallots

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