Chinese Beef Recipes - Minced Beef with Cashew Nuts Recipe

Ingredients

• 450 g/1lb minced (ground) beef

• 1/2 egg white

• 5 ml/1 tsp oyster sauce

• 5 ml/1 tsp light soy sauce

• few drops of sesame oil

• 25 g/1 oz fresh parsley, chopped

• 45 ml/3 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 25 g/1 oz/1/4 cup cashew nuts, chopped

• 15 ml/1 tbsp beef stock

• 4 large lettuce leaves

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Method:

1. Mix the beef with the egg white, oyster sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil and parsley and leave to stand.

2. Heat half the oil and fry the cashew nuts until lightly browned then remove them from the pan. Heat the remaining oil and stir-fry the meat mixture until browned.

3. Add the stock and continue to fry until almost all the liquid has evaporated.

4. Arrange the lettuce leaves on a warmed serving plate and spoon in the meat. Serve sprinkled with the fried cashew nuts.