Beef with Tomatoes and Soft Eggs
番茄牛肉滑蛋
Beef slices and soft eggs are folded into a tomato sauce flavored with garlic and soy sauce.
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Ingredients
Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.
- beef
- tomatoes
- eggs
- minced garlic
- tomato sauce (番茄酱)
- a little plus 1 spoonful at the endlight soy sauce
- a littlestarch
- shredded ginger
- a littlesalt
- sugar
- scallions
- cooking oil
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 marinate with a little light soy sauce, starch and shredded ginger for 20 minutes. Briefly blanch the tomatoes, peel and cut them into pieces.
- 02
Scramble the eggs until set and remove them. Stir-fry the beef in the remaining oil until it changes color and set it aside.
- 03
Fry the garlic until fragrant. Add the tomatoes with a little salt, sugar and tomato sauce and cook until they break down. Add the eggs and beef and toss over high heat. Finish with 1 spoonful light soy sauce and a little chopped scallion.
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Beef with Tomatoes and Soft Eggs
Beef slices and soft eggs are folded into a tomato sauce flavored with garlic and soy sauce.
Ingredients
- beef
- tomatoes
- eggs
- minced garlic
- tomato sauce (番茄酱)
- a little plus 1 spoonful at the endlight soy sauce
- a littlestarch
- shredded ginger
- a littlesalt
- sugar
- scallions
- cooking oil
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
Thinly slice the beef and marinate with a little light soy sauce, starch and shredded ginger for 20 minutes. Briefly blanch the tomatoes, peel and cut them into pieces.
- 02
Scramble the eggs until set and remove them. Stir-fry the beef in the remaining oil until it changes color and set it aside.
- 03
Fry the garlic until fragrant. Add the tomatoes with a little salt, sugar and tomato sauce and cook until they break down. Add the eggs and beef and toss over high heat. Finish with 1 spoonful light soy sauce and a little chopped scallion.
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