Chinese Beef Recipes - Beef with Cashews Recipe

Ingredients

• 60 ml/4 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 450 g/1lb rump steak, thinly sliced

• 8 spring onions (scallions), cut into chunks

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed

• 1 slice ginger root. chopped

• 75 g/3 oz/3/4 cup roasted cashews

• 120 ml/4 fl oz/1/2 cup water

• 20 ml/4 tsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 20 ml/4 tsp soy sauce

• 5 ml/1 tsp sesame oil

• 5 ml/1 tsp oyster sauce

• 5 ml/1 tsp chili sauce

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Method:

1. Heat half the oil and stir-fry the meat until lightly browned. Remove from the pan.

2. Heat the remaining oil and stir-fry the spring onions, garlic, ginger and cashews for 1 minute. Return the meat to the pan.

3. Mix together the remaining ingredients and stir the mixture into the pan. Bring to the boil and simmer, stirring, until the mixture thickens.