Stir-Fried Beef with Lotus Stem Tips
A traditional Chinese stir-fry recipe, 藕带炒牛肉 (stir-fried beef with lotus root shoots) features tender beef and crisp lotus root shoots as its core ingredients.
Ingredients
beef
to taste
lotus stem tips
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Slice the beef thinly, then add an appropriate amount of cornstarch, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, and peanut oil.
2
Step 2
Mix the beef well by hand and set aside to rest.
3
Step 3
Prepare an appropriate amount of pickled chili lotus stem tips for later use.
4
Step 4
Heat oil in a wok, add the beef, and stir-fry until it is about 50–60% cooked.
5
Step 5
Add the lotus stem tips and quickly stir-fry.
6
Step 6
Add a pinch of salt to season.
7
Step 7
Sprinkle in a little juice from the pickled lotus stem tips, give it a quick final toss, then remove from the wok.
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Step 8
Finished dish.
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Step 9
Finished dish.
