Beef with Button Mushrooms and Cucumber
口蘑黄瓜炒牛肉
Cucumber and button mushrooms add contrasting textures to thinly sliced beef seasoned with soy sauce and oyster sauce.
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Ingredients
Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.
- beef
- button mushrooms
- cucumber
- minced garlic
- a littlesea salt
- a littleblack pepper
- 1 spoonfullight soy sauce
- 1 spoonfuloyster sauce
- cooking oil
- a littlesalt
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
Slice the beef and mix with sea salt, black pepper and light soy sauce. Marinate for 8 minutes.
- 02
Heat oil and stir-fry the beef quickly until it changes color, then set it aside.
- 03
Cook the garlic in the oil left in the pan until fragrant.
- 04
Add the button mushrooms and cucumber and a little salt. Stir-fry until just cooked.
- 05
Return the beef, add the oyster sauce and toss over high heat until combined.
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Beef with Button Mushrooms and Cucumber
Cucumber and button mushrooms add contrasting textures to thinly sliced beef seasoned with soy sauce and oyster sauce.
Ingredients
- beef
- button mushrooms
- cucumber
- minced garlic
- a littlesea salt
- a littleblack pepper
- 1 spoonfullight soy sauce
- 1 spoonfuloyster sauce
- cooking oil
- a littlesalt
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.
Method
- 01
Slice the beef and mix with sea salt, black pepper and light soy sauce. Marinate for 8 minutes.
- 02
Heat oil and stir-fry the beef quickly until it changes color, then set it aside.
- 03
Cook the garlic in the oil left in the pan until fragrant.
- 04
Add the button mushrooms and cucumber and a little salt. Stir-fry until just cooked.
- 05
Return the beef, add the oyster sauce and toss over high heat until combined.
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