Chinese home cooking

Beef and Cilantro Salad

Name: Beef and Cilantro Salad
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: beef; cilantro; pepper; oyster sauce for marinade; sweet potato starch; peanut oil; minced garlic; toasted sesame seeds; bird's eye chiles; chili flakes; hot oil; 4 spoonfuls light soy sauce; 3 spoonfuls fragrant black vinegar; 2 spoonfuls oyster sauce for dressing; 1/2 spoonful sugar

香菜拌牛肉

Thin beef slices are briefly poached and tossed with cilantro and a tangy garlic-chile dressing.

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Published 2026-10-12

English adaptation and editing of authorized supplied recipes: Chinese Home Cooking.

Beef slices covered with cilantro, sesame seeds and chopped red chiles in a shallow white bowl. — Beef and Cilantro Salad

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

beef
cilantro
pepper
oyster sauce for marinade
sweet potato starch
peanut oil
minced garlic
toasted sesame seeds
bird's eye chiles
chili flakes
hot oil
4 spoonfulslight soy sauce
3 spoonfulsfragrant black vinegar
2 spoonfulsoyster sauce for dressing
1/2 spoonfulsugar

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Thinly slice the beef and mix with a little pepper, oyster sauce, sweet potato starch and peanut oil. Marinate for 30 minutes.
02
Put garlic, sesame seeds, chiles and chili flakes in a bowl and pour hot oil over them. Add light soy sauce, black vinegar, oyster sauce and sugar and mix.
03
Add a little peanut oil to boiling water, then blanch the beef for 40 seconds. Lift it out, add cilantro and toss with the dressing.

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Cooking Method

PoachingCold Tossing

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