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Peking Beef Recipe
September 11, 2005
Adapted from "Pork Chops Peking Style" in Women's Weekly Cookbook "Best recipes from the weekly"
peanut oil
500g beef fillet (eg rump) sliced for stir fry
desired vegetables (eg 2 - 3 cups of celery, onion, carrot, capsicum, champignons all sliced for stir fry)
1 TB cornflour
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp sesame oil
2 finely chopped cloves of garlic
1/2 teaspoon minced ginger (optional)
diced pineapple (tinned is fine), optional.
sauce:
1 clove finely chopped garlic
3 TB rice vinegar (or other white vinegar)
3 TB tomato sauce
2 TB sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp sherry
2 tsp worcestershire sauce
2 tsp chilli sauce, or to taste
Method:
Combine sauce ingredients and simmer in wok till thickened (about 10 minutes), then set aside
Meanwhile, toss beef fillet in cornflour and then stir in soy and sesame oil
Put a little peanut oil into hot pan and pan fry beef in batches for 2-3 minutes or until just cooked, then set aside
Pan fry vegetables for 2-3 minutes or until just cooked, then set aside.
Add a little more peanut oil into the pan and add in garlic and ginger. Swirl around for 30 seconds but don't let it burn. Add the beef, vegetables, pineapple, and sauce and combine for a minute, then you're done.
Posted by lee_taylor at September 11, 2005 03:25 PM