Chinese recipe for 4 people, takes only 10 mins; recipe has beef steak, light soy sauce, sesame oil, rice wine, cornflour, groundnut oil, red pepper, green pepper, oyster sauce and spring onion.
Stir-fried beef with oyster sauce
Course: Chinese
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Red Pepper: 1 red pepper, cut into chunky dice
- Spring Onion: 2 spring onions, finely shredded, to garnish
- Sesame Oil: 2 tsp sesame oil
- Oyster Sauce: 3 tbsp oyster sauce
- Green Pepper: 1 green pepper, cut into chunky dice
- Groundnut Oil: 3 tbsp groundnut oil
- Cornflour: 2 tsp cornflour
- Light Soy Sauce: 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- Beef Steak: 450g lean beef steak
- Rice Wine: 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry Sherry
Directions
- Cut the beef into slices 5cm long and 5mm thick, cutting against the grain of the meat. Put them in a bowl. Mix in the soy sauce, sesame oil, rice wine or Sherry and cornflour. Leave to marinate for 20 mins.
- Heat a wok until it is very hot, then add the groundnut oil. When it is slightly smoking, add the beef slices and stir-fry for 5 mins or until lightly browned. Remove the meat from the wok and drain well in a colander set inside a bowl. Discard the drained oil.
- Wipe the wok clean and reheat it over a high heat. Add the peppers, and cook for 3-4 mins or until softened. Add the oyster sauce and bring it to a simmer. Return the drained beef slices to the wok and toss them thoroughly with the oyster sauce. Turn the mixture on to a serving platter, top with the spring onions and serve immediately.
