Braised Beef and Celtuce Stir-Fry
卤牛肉炒莴笋
Beef is pressure-braised with whole spices, sliced and stir-fried with celtuce and fresh chiles.
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Ingredients
Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.
- beef
- celtuce
- green and red chiles
- ginger
- cooking wine
- star anise
- bay leaves
- cao guo (black cardamom)
- 2 spoonfuls for braise, 1 for stir-frylight soy sauce
- 1 spoonfuldark soy sauce
- 1 spoonful for braise, 1 for stir-fryoyster sauce
- a littlesalt
- rock sugar
- garlic
- bird's eye chiles
- water
- 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
Put beef in cold water with ginger and cooking wine. Bring to a boil, skim, rinse and place in a pressure cooker.
- 02
Add star anise, bay leaves, cao guo, the braising soy sauces and oyster sauce, a little salt and rock sugar and water to cover. The source specifies 20 minutes under pressure; follow the cooker's filling and release instructions. Once cooked, slice the beef.
- 03
Heat oil and fry garlic and bird's eye chiles. Add celtuce slices and a little salt and stir-fry over high heat until just tender.
- 04
Add sliced braised beef and the remaining light soy sauce and oyster sauce. Add green and red chile rings, toss and serve.
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Braised Beef and Celtuce Stir-Fry
Beef is pressure-braised with whole spices, sliced and stir-fried with celtuce and fresh chiles.
Ingredients
- beef
- celtuce
- green and red chiles
- ginger
- cooking wine
- star anise
- bay leaves
- cao guo (black cardamom)
- 2 spoonfuls for braise, 1 for stir-frylight soy sauce
- 1 spoonfuldark soy sauce
- 1 spoonful for braise, 1 for stir-fryoyster sauce
- a littlesalt
- rock sugar
- garlic
- bird's eye chiles
- water
- 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
Put beef in cold water with ginger and cooking wine. Bring to a boil, skim, rinse and place in a pressure cooker.
- 02
Add star anise, bay leaves, cao guo, the braising soy sauces and oyster sauce, a little salt and rock sugar and water to cover. The source specifies 20 minutes under pressure; follow the cooker's filling and release instructions. Once cooked, slice the beef.
- 03
Heat oil and fry garlic and bird's eye chiles. Add celtuce slices and a little salt and stir-fry over high heat until just tender.
- 04
Add sliced braised beef and the remaining light soy sauce and oyster sauce. Add green and red chile rings, toss and serve.
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