Chinese Beef Recipes - Beef with Oyster Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 15 ml/1 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed

• 450 g/1lIb rump steak, sliced

• 100 g/4 oz button mushrooms

• 15 ml/1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 150 ml/2/3 cup chicken stock

• 30 ml/2 tbsp oyster sauce

• 5 ml/1 tsp brown sugar

• salt and freshly ground pepper

• 4 spring onions, sliced

• 15 ml/1 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

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Method:

1. Heat the oil and fry the garlic until lightly browned. Add the steak and mushrooms and stir-fry until lightly browned.

2. Add the wine or sherry and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the stock, oyster sauce and sugar and season with salt and pepper.

3. Bring to the boil and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 4 minutes. Add the spring onions.

4. Mix the corn-flour with a little water and stir it into the pan. Simmer, stirring, until the sauce clears and thickens.