A recipe adapted from Karen Martini in Good Weekend. Karen says ... "this is on high rotation in my house: I cook it almost weekly. The sticky soy and garlic on the beef is addictive, while the green chillies, with their gentle heat, bring a real brightness to the dish. Don't skip the toasted rice either: the nutty flavour and crunch add so much.
We concur :)
120g rocket
2 tbsp jasmine rice
900g beef (scotch, rump cap, hanger steak or eye fillet)
8 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 teaspoons roughly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon fish sauce
60ml grapeseed oil (or other neutral oil)
2 white onions diced
1 green capsicum, cut into 3cm pieces
2 long green chilies, sliced
6 spring onions, white and most of the green, cut into 3cm batons
1 lime, to serve
steamed jasmine rice, to serve
For the cooking sauce
3 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
2 teaspoons dark soy sauce
1 tablespoon fish sauce
2 teaspoons caster sugar
Large bowl
Small bowl
Frying pan
Mortar and pestle
Wok
Prepare beef
Cut the beef into 1/2 cm slices, then add to large bowl with garlic, pepper and fish sauce
Toss to combine, then set aside in the refrigerator, to marinate for at least 30 mins, preferably overnight
Toast rice
Add the 2 tablespoons of rice to a dry frying pan over a medium-high heat.
Toast the rice, shaking the pan constantly to colour evenly, until golden brown (about 5 mins)
Tip the toasted rice into a mortar and grind to a rough powder. Set aside
Combine the cooking sauce ingredients in a small bowl, stirring to dissolve the sugar
Cook beef
Preheat the oil in a wok for 4 mins on high heat
Add the beef, spreading it out to make contact with the wok
Leave undisturbed for 2 minutes before stirring through
Add the white onion, capsicum and chilli and cook for 2 minutes
Add the spring onion and cooking sauce. Stir through for 1 minute
Serve
Arrange rocket on serving dish(es)
Tip beef onto the rocket
Sprinkle with rice powder and squeeze over lime juice
Serve with steamed rice
Roasted rice. Make sure your grind is reasonably consistent
Marinating the beef
Cooking sauce
Everything is chopped & ready to go!
In the wok
Vietnamese, stir fry