Chilli beef with choy sum

Crisp veggies and spiced tender beef served on a bed of fluffy rice - this Asian-inspired dish puts takeaway to shame and is sure to become a family favourite.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup rice

  • 2 tbsp Oyster Sauce

  • 2 tbsp Thai Fish Sauce

  • 1 lime

    juiced

  • 1 brown sugar

  • 500g beef strips

  • olive or canola oil spray

  • 1 onion

    halved and sliced

  • 2 garlic

    minced

  • 1 to 2 chilli

    minced

  • 1 red capsicum

    deseeded and finely sliced

  • 1 choy sum

    shredded

  • 100g bean sprouts

  • 230g bamboo shoots

    rinsed and drained

  • ¼ cup fresh mint

    roughly chopped

Equipment

  • 1 non-stick wok or frypan
  • 1 small jug

Instructions

  1. Cook rice according to instructions.
  2. Combine oyster and fish sauces, lime juice and sugar in a small jug, set aside.
  3. Heat sesame oil in a non-stick wok or frypan over medium-high heat and stir-fry beef in batches until browned.
  4. Remove and set aside.
  5. Spray wok/pan with oil, add onion, garlic, chilli and capsicum and stir-fry until onion is soft.
  6. Add choy sum, bean sprouts and bamboo shoots and mix to combine.
  7. Return beef to pan, add sauce mixture and stir until heated through.
  8. Remove from heat and scatter with mint.
  9. Serve with rice.

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