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Thai-style ginger beef

Thai-style ginger beef

A zingy, aromatic stir fry that’s on the table in less than 30 minutes. Leave the chilli seeds in if you like it spicy. A John Lewis Non Stick Carbon Steel Wok, 24cm makes light work of the frying.

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  • Serves2
  • CourseMain meal
  • Prepare15 mins
  • Cook10 mins
  • Total time25 mins

Ingredients

  • 75ml beef stock (or water)
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp nam pla fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp reduced salt light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 2 nests dried flat rice noodles
  • 2 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
  • 200g rump steak, thinly sliced
  • 2 shallots, roughly chopped
  • 2 clove/s garlic, finely grated
  • 15g Cooks’ Ingredients Root Ginger, peeled and finely grated
  • 2 Cooks’ Ingredients Thai Chillies, deseeded and finely sliced
  • 250g pack green pak choi, roughly sliced
  • ½ x 20g pack Thai basil, leaves picked

Method

  1. In a bowl, mix the stock (or water), oyster sauce, fish and soy sauces and sugar; set aside. Prepare the rice noodles according to pack instructions. Drain, rinse and set aside.

  2. Meanwhile, heat the oil over a high heat in a large frying pan or wok. When smoking hot, add the steak and shallots; stir fry for 2 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger and chillies; fry for 1 minute more, then add the pak choi and fry for another 1-2 minutes, until the meat is browned all over.

  3. Add the sauce mixture to the pan and cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes until it has reduced a little. Take off the heat and stir in half of the basil leaves. Divide the noodles between bowls, top with the beef stir fry and scatter over the remaining basil.

Cook’s tip

LEFTOVERS

Oyster sauce

This condiment is commonly used in Asian cooking. Combining oyster extract and soy sauce, it has a tangy, deeply savoury fl avour with hints of caramel. It’s great in stir fries and marinades for meat, or add to stews for extra depth.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

1,762kJ/ 422kcals

Fat

25.1g

Saturated Fat

6.8g

Carbohydrates

21.9g

Sugars

6.6g

Fibre

3.9g

Protein

25.3g

Salt

4.1g

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