Beef stir fry

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Basic Stir Fried Meat & Noodles

Stir fried food is one of the corner stones of Asian cuisine. It can be quick and easy with lots of powerful and assorted flavours that blend together to form mouth-watering meals. This recipe is simply a base recipe that uses filet beef, but many other alternative ingredients can be used to create dishes of a very diverse nature.

These quantities are for 1 very hungry person at lunch.

Stir Fry

Vegetable oil

50g rice noodles

A small handful of dried black mushrooms (or fresh if you can find them)

150g filet beef

Half a tablespoon of peeled finely chopped or grated ginger

2 garlic cloves

2 small dried chilli peppers

1 leek or 2 shallots or 1 onion

Juice from half a lime

Soy sauce

Salt & black pepper

Fresh Coriander, Basil & Parsley

Sesame oil

Preparation in advance

Prepare the rice noodles according to the package. This is normally either soaking for at least 10 minutes in cold water or cooking for 5 minutes in boiling water.

If using dried black mushrooms, boil them in water for 10 minutes until expanded and softened.

Finely chop or grate the ginger, garlic & chilli pepper into a small bowl.

Finely chop the leek/onion/shallot.

Cut the beef filet into 5mm thick sticks (about quarter an inch), by first slicing then cutting the slices into sticks across the grain.

Chop the coriander, basil and parsley into a small bowl, or use a herb mill.

Cooking

Stir Fry

In a wok (or large frying pan), heat about 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil to smoking, add in the chopped ginger, sliced leeks/onion/shallot. Move around the pan and cook for about 2 minutes.

Add in the garlic, ginger and chilli. Cook for another 30 seconds.

Add in the beef and mushrooms then season with salt & pepper. Stir and cook for another 2 minutes.

Add in the chopped herbs and the prepared noodles along with the juice from half a lime. Mix well, add in a little soy sauce & sesame oil and cook for a further 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Serving

Serve immediately on a plate with chopsticks or a fork & spoon.

Alternatives - Try experimenting with other combinations of meat and vegetables including prawns, chicken, pork, spring onions, carrot sticks, mange tout, etc. etc.

Of course, the noodles can be prepared apart or rice can be used instead. Chop and change as you like to arrive at your favourite combination.

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