3 vietnamese style pepper spinach Recipes

beef or 6 -8 oz buffalo rump roast, chopped sweet yellow onions, black pepper, divided, fish sauce, divided (nuoc mam or nam pla), cornstarch, vegetable oil or 2 tbsp peanut oil, divided, garlic, minced, fresh baby spinach leaves, cleaned and dried (about 4 cups worth; or rau muong instead of spinach), ripe roma tomatoes, sliced into thin wedges, hot cooked jasmine rice , for serving

vegetable oil, minced fresh garlic, minced fresh ginger root, frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained, salt and black pepper to taste, chicken stock, shrimp stock, hot pepper sauce (optional), hoisin sauce (optional), peeled and deveined medium shrimp, rice noodles (rice vermicelli), green onions, chopped (optional)