Bò nướng lá lốt

Vietnamese beef in lolot leaves

Bò nướng lá lốt
Bò nướng lá lốt in a Vietnamese restaurant in Manchester, United Kingdom
Course	Main course, appetizer
Place of origin	Vietnam
Serving temperature	Grilled, fried, hot, room temperature
Main ingredients	Ground beef, lá lốt

Thịt bò nướng lá lốt ("grilled beef, in lolot leaf") or thịt bò lá lốt ("beef, leaf of lolot"), bò nướng lá lốt is a dish consisting of Vietnamese beef in lolot leaves, which are called "betel" leaves by some English magazines. The leaves smell spicy but have a medicinal taste.^[1] The food is often served or sold at barbecues, and is the 5th out of 7 courses in the multi-course meal Bò 7 món.^[2] There is a northern version called chả lá lốt using pork instead of beef and often pan-fried instead of grilled.

In Southern Vietnam, the lolot leaf is also called lá lốt.

Bò lá lốt is often topped with crushed roasted peanuts and green onions, or served with lettuce, mint leaves, daikon and carrot pickles, and vermicelli noodles, dipped in nước mắm pha (Vietnamese dipping sauce).

References

^ 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."
^ 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,"