Chinese-style stir-fried beef with spring onions and green peppers
An average of 3.5 out of 5 stars from 2 ratings
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- less than 10 mins
- Serve
- Serves 1
Ingredients
- vegetable oil: 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- beef: 125驳/4陆辞锄 beef steak, finely sliced
- five-spice powder: 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
- black pepper: salt and freshly ground black pepper
- pepper: 陆 green pepper, finely sliced
- spring onions: 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- ginger: 5cm/2in piece fresh ginger, finely sliced
- soy sauce: 3 tbsp soy sauce
- sesame oil: 2 tsp sesame oil
- splash boiling water
To serve
- sesame seeds: 1 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
- fresh coriander: small handful fresh coriander, chopped
- chives: 1 tbsp chopped fresh chives
Method
Heat the vegetable oil in a wok until very hot. Season the sliced beef with the Chinese five-spice powder, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add the beef to the hot wok and fry over a very high heat for 30 seconds.
Add the sliced pepper, spring onions and ginger and fry for 1-2 minutes. Add the soy sauce and sesame oil and stir to coat. Add a splash of boiling water, stir well and spoon into a serving bowl.
To serve, garnish with toasted sesame seeds, coriander and chopped chives.