Nui Xao Bo or Vietnamese Macaroni
There is a great Chinese-Vietnamese restaurant that is 24-7 called Tan Tan in Houston. It's wrapped up in so many great childhood memories for me. They have this one dish that we kids would occasionally order that is a weirdly amazing and umami spin on macaroni. Ketchup-y stir fry with beef and macaroni. When I was looking up recipes, I saw that in Vietnam they actually use macaroni made with rice (something Vietnamese people did to mimic the Italian noodles with what they had). I was unable to get rice noodle macaroni, and made it with HEB Veggie Pasta Ridged Elbow pasta and it turned out pretty good. Nui Xao Bo, Vietnamese Macaroni Recipe adapted from food52 Ingredients: 1 tsp. sesame oil 1 tbs. low sodium soy sauce 1 tsp. oyster sauce 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. powdered chicken bouillon 1 tsp. sugar 1 bunch green onion, sliced-white and greens separated 1 lb. thin cut ribeye, sliced across the grain into about 1/4" slices 2 garlic cloves, minced half yellow