Beef in oyster sauce
This mouth-watering recipe is ready in just 35 minutes and the ingredients detailed below can serve up to 2 people.
Ingredients
Method
Notes: I love this dish. It's full of flavor, and takes minutes to cook. This is definitely, one of my favourite suppers. This is essentially 3 stir fried dishes in one - stir fried spinach, beef in oyster sauce and mushrooms in tangy vinegar.
This dish uses all my top store cupboard ingredients: groundnut oil for the stir-fry, light soy sauce, Shaohsing rice wine, Chinkiang black rice vinegar and dried chilli flakes. It also has oyster sauce in it. Try and find an oyster sauce which doesn't have chemical additives or Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) in it - some people are allergic to MSG so check the label to make sure that it doesn't have flavour enhancers.
This is a balanced dish because of the use of spinach (yin) and meat and garlic (yang). Stir frying has a neutral element. You can serve this with plain Jasmine rice or just with the spinach and mushrooms.
1) To make the beef: Prepare the fillet of beef by hammering it with a meat cleaver, the side of a meat cleaver, the side of a Chinese cleaver or a rolling pin. Slice it thinly, and put the pieces into a bowl. Season the beef with the light soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, black pepper, and sugar. Set aside.
2) Heat a wok over high heat, and add one tablespoon of groundnut oil. Add the garlic and chilli, and toss quickly. Then, add the spinach leaves and toss so they warm for five seconds. Scatter them onto a large serving plate.
3) Heat the wok over high heat, and add the remaining groundnut oil. Add the beef slices, and stir-fry for one to two minutes, adding a dash of Shaohsing rice wine. Season with a pinch of dried chilli flakes. To serve, lay the beef over a bed of the garlic-spinach leaves.
4) To make the mushrooms: reheat the wok, add the oil, then add the oyster mushrooms and stir fry for one minute. Add a small splash of water to create some steam to help cook. Season with the black rice vinegar, and light soy sauce. Spoon the mixture over the beef, and serve.
This dish uses all my top store cupboard ingredients: groundnut oil for the stir-fry, light soy sauce, Shaohsing rice wine, Chinkiang black rice vinegar and dried chilli flakes. It also has oyster sauce in it. Try and find an oyster sauce which doesn't have chemical additives or Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) in it - some people are allergic to MSG so check the label to make sure that it doesn't have flavour enhancers.
This is a balanced dish because of the use of spinach (yin) and meat and garlic (yang). Stir frying has a neutral element. You can serve this with plain Jasmine rice or just with the spinach and mushrooms.
1) To make the beef: Prepare the fillet of beef by hammering it with a meat cleaver, the side of a meat cleaver, the side of a Chinese cleaver or a rolling pin. Slice it thinly, and put the pieces into a bowl. Season the beef with the light soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, black pepper, and sugar. Set aside.
2) Heat a wok over high heat, and add one tablespoon of groundnut oil. Add the garlic and chilli, and toss quickly. Then, add the spinach leaves and toss so they warm for five seconds. Scatter them onto a large serving plate.
3) Heat the wok over high heat, and add the remaining groundnut oil. Add the beef slices, and stir-fry for one to two minutes, adding a dash of Shaohsing rice wine. Season with a pinch of dried chilli flakes. To serve, lay the beef over a bed of the garlic-spinach leaves.
4) To make the mushrooms: reheat the wok, add the oil, then add the oyster mushrooms and stir fry for one minute. Add a small splash of water to create some steam to help cook. Season with the black rice vinegar, and light soy sauce. Spoon the mixture over the beef, and serve.
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