Chinese Recipes

Ingredients

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Stir-fry Beef and Vegetables

• Quick-cook Beef - cut into bite size pieces
• Chinese five spice powder - 1 tsp (or make your own with equal quantities of star anise, fennel seeds, cinnamon, cloves & Szechuan pepper)
• Ginger - 1 inch finely chopped
• Garlic - 2 cloves finely chopped
• A selection of vegetables such as:
• Mushrooms - quartered
• Baby sweetcorn
• Pepper - chopped into sticks
• Spring Onions - handfull chopped
• Pak Choy - chopped
• Oyster Sauce - 2 tbsp
• Soy Sauce - 2 tbsp (or Ketchup Manis)
• Oil for frying

Method:

• Cut the beef up and coat it in the five spice powder
• Fry the beef, ginger and garlic in oil until the beef is nearly done and set aside
• Stir fry the vegetables in oil for a few minutes until nearly done to your liking
• Add the beef back and then add the Oyster sauce and soy sauce
• Continue frying until everything is done and well coated in sauce