Beef and Lettuce Stir Fry
a well combination of juicy beef and crunchy A choy.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb. beef cut into slices against the grain
- 1/2 lb. lettuce
- 5 garlic cloves roughly chopped
- 4 Thai peppers cut into circles
- 3 tbsp. vegetable cooking oil
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tbsp. pepper flakes optional
- 1 tbsp. rice wine
- 1 tbsp. sesame oil optional
Beef Marinating
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. white pepper
- 2 tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp. oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp. water
- 1 tbsp. cooking oil
Instructions
- Cut beef against the grain, add salt, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, white pepper, water and cornstarch. Mix well until well combined. Then add vegetable cooking oil, remixing again. Set aside.
- Wash, drain, and cut the lettuce into long sections. Then, roughly mince the garlic and cut the Thai pepper into circles.
- Heat your wok, then add vegetable oil. Add the beef in when the oil is still warm but not hot, cook until the beef slices change color, and transfer them out.
- Leave the oil in, fry garlic and Thai pepper until aromatic.
- Add the lettuce in.
- Lastly, return cooked beef slices, pepper flakes, salt, light soy sauce, and rice wine. Fry for a while and drizzle sesame oil to coat.