Thai-style chilli beef
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- 10 to 30 mins
- Serve
- Serves 4
- Dietary
- Dairy-freeEgg-free
Ken Hom says: "It is the amount of fresh chillies in my Thai-style chilli beef that makes it Thai-style. Chinese would use either dry chillies but not fresh chillies in that quantity."
Factor in 20 minutes to soak the dried mushrooms and then this deliciously spicy stir-fry can be on the table in just another 15 minutes or so.
Ingredients
- mushrooms: 25g/1oz Chinese dried mushrooms
- steak: 450g/1lb lean beef steak or fillet, thinly sliced
- salt: 1 tsp salt
- black pepper: ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- sesame oil: 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1½ tbsp groundnut oil
- onions: 225g/8oz onions, thinly sliced
- garlic: 2 tbsp coarsely chopped garlic
- chillies: 4 red chillies, seeds removed, thinly sliced
- dry sherry: 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine, or dry sherry
- oyster sauce: 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- soy sauce: 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- caster sugar: 1 tsp caster sugar
- chicken stock: 3 tbsp chicken stock or water
- spring onions: 1½ tbsp thinly sliced spring onions, to garnish
Method
Soak the mushrooms in a bowl just boiled water for 20 minutes.
Combine the beef with the salt, pepper and sesame oil in a bowl.
Drain the mushrooms and squeeze out the excess liquid. Remove and discard the stems and finely shred the caps into thin strips.
Heat a wok or large frying-pan until it is very hot. Add the oil, and when it is very hot and slightly smoking, add the beef and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes. Remove the beef from the wok, add the onions and garlic and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Then add the chillies and continue to stir-fry for 2 minutes.
Pour in the rice wine (or sherry), oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar and stock or water. Add the chopped mushrooms and the beef, and continue to stir-fry the mixture for 2 minutes, until the beef is thoroughly mixed through.
Add the spring onions just before you serve, then turn the stir-fry out onto a serving platter and serve at once!
