That is a simple, scrumptious, and sizzling beef-and-lettuce stir-fry. I do know this is likely to be a bizarre mixture, however it’s so good that I really feel it essential to introduce this to those that love well-combined candy and sizzling flavors.

Two weeks in the past, I launched a brand new means of stir-frying mushrooms with pork stomach. This dish has an analogous style however a distinct texture due to the addition of celtuce. When cooked over excessive warmth, the lettuce can retain a nice crunch and a faint sweetness, which pair effectively with the meat.

Since we are going to fry the lettuce within the beef-infused oil after stir-frying the meat, the lettuce will take up the wealthy, savory meat taste. The meaty taste of the lettuce with its crunchy texture is the true star of this dish.

Taiwanese lettuce, often known as A-choy, is a very fashionable darkish leafy vegetable on the Chinese language desk. We name it You Mai Cai in Mandarin Chinese language. I don’t know the place it comes from earlier than introducing this dish. It has been so fashionable on our desk for years. Based on Wikipedia, it’s categorized as quite a lot of lettuce (Lactuca sativa). However beforehand, I assumed it was celtuce leaves.

It’s liked for its thick, crunchy stems and tender go aways. Our each day cooking technique is to cook dinner it with minced garlic or costume it with a sesame paste-based dressing as a salad.

Step by Step

Marinating beef is all the time step one when you plan to stir-fry and even steam. In Chinese language cooking, this course of known as “velveting.” It may give the meat a silky, tender texture that stays gentle even after high-heat stir-frying.

My means is to marinate beef with salt, oyster sauce, gentle soy sauce, white pepper, starch, and water. Combine for some time till all of the liquid is effectively absorbed after which coat with vegetable cooking oil.

The cooked beef slices. They’re shining and tremendous tender. Keep in mind to switch them out after they’re virtually cooked.

Put together the substances. Wash, drain, and minimize the lettuce into lengthy sections. Then, roughly mince the garlic and minimize the Thai pepper into circles.

• Warmth your wok, then add vegetable oil. Add the meat in when the oil remains to be heat however not sizzling, cook dinner till the meat slices change coloration, and switch them out.
• Go away the oil in, fry garlic and Thai pepper till fragrant.
• Add the lettuce in.
• Lastly, return cooked beef slices, chili pepper flakes, gentle soy sauce, and rice wine. Fry for some time and drizzle sesame oil to coat.

• 1/2 lb beef minimize into slices in opposition to the grain
• 1/2 lb. lettuce
• 5 garlic cloves roughly chopped
• 2 Thai peppers minimize into circles
• 3 tbsp. vegetable cooking oil
• 1 tbsp. gentle soy sauce
• 1/2 tbsp. pepper flakes elective
• 1 tbsp. rice wine
• 1 tbsp. sesame oil

Beef Marinating

• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. sugar
• 1/8 tsp. white pepper
• 2 tbsp. cornstarch
• 1 tbsp. gentle soy sauce
• 1 tbsp. oyster sauce
• 2 tbsp. water
• 1 tbsp. cooking oil

• Minimize beef in opposition to the grain, add salt, sugar, gentle soy sauce, oyster sauce, white pepper, water and cornstarch. Combine effectively till effectively mixed. Then add vegetable cooking oil, remixing once more. Put aside.

• Wash, drain, and minimize the lettuce into lengthy sections. Then, roughly mince the garlic and minimize the Thai pepper into circles.

• Warmth your wok, then add vegetable oil. Add the meat in when the oil remains to be heat however not sizzling, cook dinner till the meat slices change coloration, and switch them out.

• Go away the oil in, fry garlic and Thai pepper till fragrant.

• Add the lettuce in.

• Lastly, return cooked beef slices, chili pepper flakes, gentle soy sauce, and rice wine. Fry for some time and drizzle sesame oil to coat.