Stir-fried Beef with Cucumber
Tender, marinated beef slices stir-fried with crisp cucumber strips in a Korean style, offering a fresh and savory taste.
Ingredients
Beef round (clean, trim off all fascia, chill in the freezer briefly, cut into thin slices about 5cm long and 1.2cm wide)
250g (or beef shank)
Sesame oil (for marinating the beef)
16g
Soy sauce (for marinating the beef)
15g
Fine salt (for marinating the beef)
5g
White sugar (for marinating the beef)
6g
Chili powder (for marinating the beef)
0.25g
Cucumber (wash, remove the stem, peel, leave a thin strip of green skin every 3cm for decoration, cut lengthwise into halves, remove seeds and cut into thin strips)
400g
Soybean oil (for stir-frying)
25g
Ground sesame (for garnish)
6g
Instructions
1
Prepare and cut the beef
First, wash the beef, trim off all fascia, chill in the freezer briefly, cut it as thin as paper, then cut into small pieces about 5cm long and 1.2cm wide, cut evenly and neatly
2
Marinate the beef
Then place the sliced beef in a ceramic bowl, add sesame oil, soy sauce, fine salt, sugar and chili powder, mix well by hand to let the flavors seep into the beef
3
Prepare the cucumber
Wash the cucumber, remove the stem, peel, leave a thin strip of green skin every 3cm for decoration, then cut lengthwise into halves, remove seeds and cut into thin strips with moderate thickness
4
Stir-fry and serve
Heat a wok, pour in the soybean oil, heat the oil briefly, swirl the wok to coat the entire inner surface with oil, add the beef slices, stir-fry over high heat for 1 minute, add the cucumber strips, continue stir-frying until the cucumber is half-cooked, keep it tender and crisp, garnish with ground sesame, then serve
