Feb 12, 2008
Lemongrass beef
Today I depart from my Japanese affair and prepare something a little closer to my Vietnamese belly. This dish is one of my favourites, the lovely taste of lemongrass, so popular with my Vietnamese fellows, combined with kecap manis and fish sauce is a delight for the tastebuds (something tells me I am going to run out of adjectives really quickly in this blog).
The cows will never be safe while this recipe exists. Moo moo.
Preparation time: 5 minutes plus 10 minutes marinating time
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 4 stems lemongrass (white part only), finely chopped
- 2 1/2 tablespoons oil
- 600g lean rump steak, thinly sliced across the grain (don’t be lazy now!)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 - 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons kecap manis (sweet soya sauce)
- 1 large red onion, cut into small wedges
- 200g green beans, cut into 5cm lengths (Hint: blanch it before frying to increase visual appeal and reduce cooking time)
Method
- Combine the garlic, ginger, lemongrass and 2 teaspoons oil in a non-metallic bowl. Add the beef then marinate for at least 10 minutes, the longer the better.
- Combine the lime juice, kecap manis and fish sauce in a small bowl. I like having more juice so feel free to increase the amount to your discretion.
- Heat wok until very hot and add 1 tablespoon oil, swirl to coat. Stir fry the beef in batches for 2-3 minutes or until browned, don’t cook it through though because nobody wants to eat tough overcooked beef. Remove from wok
- Reheat wok to very hot, add remaining oil and add onion and stir fry for 2 minutes. Add beans and cook for a further two minutes. Return the beef to wok. Pour in the sauce mixture and cook until heated through. Serve piping hot with rice.
Tags: beef, green beans, lemongrass
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2 Comments, Comment or Ping
Bubs
Oh wow, yummy! Reminds me of Naruto XD
I’m glad you’re back to blogging
Feb 14th, 2008
emma
I use to visit your blog so much
back when u had a bunch of AYU layouts
but this is great too!
a FOOD BLOG :D:D
working out is for ppl who care too much
screw that
eat eat eat eat
i think i eat out everyday
this is a great recipe
but looks like it takes effort
lol forget it
Feb 17th, 2008
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