Chinese Beef Recipes - Beef Tenderloin Recipe

Ingredients

• 450 g/1lb lean beef

• 45 ml/3 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 15 ml/1 tbsp soy sauce

• 10 ml/2 tsp oyster sauce

• 5 ml/2 tsp sugar

• 5 ml/1 tsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)

• pinch of salt

• 1 clove garlic, crushed

• 30 ml/2 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 2 onions, thinly sliced

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Method:

1. Cut the meat across the grain into thin slices. Mix together the wine or sherry, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, corn-flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and garlic.

2. Stir in the meat, cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. Heat the oil and stir-fry the onions for about 5 minutes until golden brown.

3. Transfer to a warmed serving plate and keep warm. Add some of the meat to the wok, spreading the slices so they do not overlap.

4. Fry for about 3 minutes on each side until browned then arrange on top of the onions and continue to fry the remaining meat.