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280 g jasmine rice (dry)
500 g lean beef stir-fry strips
350 g cabbage, shredded
1 large red capsicum, sliced (200 g)
150 g carrots, cut into matchsticks
15 g fresh ginger, finely shredded
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped (10 g)
15 ml reduced-salt soy sauce (15 g)
27 ml neutral oil (25 g)
8 ml sesame oil (8 g)
60 g tahini
50 g almonds, roughly chopped
15 ml lime juice (15 g)
Ground black pepper, to taste
Method
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then cook it in unsalted water by whatever method you use. Keep it covered and off the heat while you cook the rest; it will hold for 20 minutes.
Whisk the tahini with the soy sauce, sesame oil, lime juice and 5 tablespoons of cold water until it is smooth and pours like cream. It will seize and stiffen when the first water goes in; keep whisking and it loosens again.
Toast the almonds in a dry wok or wide frying pan over medium heat, shaking constantly, until they smell nutty and are patched with gold. Tip them out.
Pat the beef thoroughly dry. Wet meat will not brown, it will grey. Get the pan very hot, add half the neutral oil and sear the beef in two batches for about 90 seconds each, turning once, until browned outside and still pink within. Tip each batch onto a plate.
Add the rest of the oil, then the carrot and capsicum. Stir-fry 2 minutes over the highest heat, keeping everything moving.
Add the cabbage, ginger and garlic and stir-fry a further 2-3 minutes. Stop while the cabbage still has snap and the edges are just starting to char; once it goes limp and grey the dish is over.
Return the beef and any juices to the pan, pour the sauce round the edge and toss for 30 seconds, until everything is coated and glossy. Grind over pepper, scatter the almonds on and serve over the rice.
Safety and storage
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 75°C
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool it fast: split large amounts into shallow containers as soon as it stops steaming, and have it in the fridge within two hours. Reheat once only, until steaming hot right through, at least 75°C in the centre.
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Ginger and Sesame Beef Stir-Fry with Cabbage and Rice
Serves 4 · Prep 20 min · Cook 20 min
Lean beef strips seared hard and tossed with cabbage, capsicum and carrot in a ginger, garlic and sesame sauce, with toasted almonds and rice.
Ingredients
280 g jasmine rice (dry)
500 g lean beef stir-fry strips
350 g cabbage, shredded
1 large red capsicum, sliced (200 g)
150 g carrots, cut into matchsticks
15 g fresh ginger, finely shredded
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped (10 g)
15 ml reduced-salt soy sauce (15 g)
27 ml neutral oil (25 g)
8 ml sesame oil (8 g)
60 g tahini
50 g almonds, roughly chopped
15 ml lime juice (15 g)
Ground black pepper, to taste
Approximate per serving
2890 kJ / 690.7 kcal · protein 46.9 g · carbohydrate 59.9 g · fibre 8.1 g · fat 27.2 g · sodium 225.9 mg
Method
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then cook it in unsalted water by whatever method you use. Keep it covered and off the heat while you cook the rest; it will hold for 20 minutes.
Whisk the tahini with the soy sauce, sesame oil, lime juice and 5 tablespoons of cold water until it is smooth and pours like cream. It will seize and stiffen when the first water goes in; keep whisking and it loosens again.
Toast the almonds in a dry wok or wide frying pan over medium heat, shaking constantly, until they smell nutty and are patched with gold. Tip them out.
Pat the beef thoroughly dry. Wet meat will not brown, it will grey. Get the pan very hot, add half the neutral oil and sear the beef in two batches for about 90 seconds each, turning once, until browned outside and still pink within. Tip each batch onto a plate.
Add the rest of the oil, then the carrot and capsicum. Stir-fry 2 minutes over the highest heat, keeping everything moving.
Add the cabbage, ginger and garlic and stir-fry a further 2-3 minutes. Stop while the cabbage still has snap and the edges are just starting to char; once it goes limp and grey the dish is over.
Return the beef and any juices to the pan, pour the sauce round the edge and toss for 30 seconds, until everything is coated and glossy. Grind over pepper, scatter the almonds on and serve over the rice.
Safety and storage
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 75°C
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool it fast: split large amounts into shallow containers as soon as it stops steaming, and have it in the fridge within two hours. Reheat once only, until steaming hot right through, at least 75°C in the centre.
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