MainsMay 17, 2020

Shaking Beef

Name: Shaking Beef
Ingredients: canola oil; table salt; 1 1/2 tsp honey; 2 tbs rice vinegar; 1 tbs fish sauce; 1 tbs soy sauce; 2 tbs water; 3 cloves garlic, minced; black pepper; 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch; 1 1/2 tsp sugar; 2 tbs oyster sauce; 1 medium shallot, thinly sliced; salad greens, watercress, argulua, spring mix, …; 10-12 cherry tomatoes halved; 2 sprigs mint leaves, torn; 2 sprigs basil, torn; 2 lb tri-ip, cubed

Deliciously tender beef nuggets, basked in a one-two-three punch of oyster, fish, and soy sauce, on top of a raft of greens that could even be considered vaguely healthy. All in under 30 minutes? Yes please.

Serves 4, scales well, takes about 30 minutes

Inspired by Andrea Nguyen’s great book Vietnamese Food any day. Highly recommended

Mise en Place

Staples

canola oil
table salt
1 1/2 tsphoney
2 tbsrice vinegar
1 tbsfish sauce
1 tbssoy sauce
2 tbswater
3 clovesgarlic, minced
black pepper
1 1/2 tspcornstarch
1 1/2 tspsugar
2 tbsoyster sauce

Produce

1 mediumshallot, thinly sliced
salad greens, watercress, argulua, spring mix, …
10-12 cherry tomatoeshalved
2 sprigsmint leaves, torn
2 sprigsbasil, torn

Meat

2 lbtri-ip, cubed

Equipment

3bowls
1flat bottomed wok or big skillet, hot

Directions

in a largeish bowl, whisk together sugar, cornstarch, garlic, oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, and a few grinds of black pepper
fold in meat, let marinate 20-30 minutes
meanwhile, whisk together honey, vinegar, water, a big pinch of salt, and a few grinds of black pepper.
heat skillet, add oil, and then meat in a single layer. shake vigourously every 30 seconds to rotae beef till all sides are cooked. It should take about 4 minutes. You can use a spatula to flip too if you like
at the same time, toss greens, shallots, and tomatoes with dressing, place onto a serving platter
when beef is cooked, spoon beef and juices on to plater. serve and eat!

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