Quick Ginger-Soy Beef & Veggie Stir-Fry
with Pickled Cucumber & Garlic Rice
Is it time to lift your stir-fry game? Here's a delicious lesson in how to get ginger-marinated beef strips, tender veggies and a flavour-packed sauce. With a few simple tricks – cooking the meat in batches, getting the veggies started before adding the sauce and adding flavour to the rice with garlic – you'll be a stir-fry superstar in no time!
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Ingredients
3 clove
garlic
1 packet
jasmine rice
(May be present Milk, Peanut, Sesame, Soy, Almond, Brazil Nut, Cashew, Hazelnut, Macadamia, Pecan, Pistachio, Pine Nut, Walnut. )
1
cucumber
1 packet
ginger paste
(May be present Gluten, Egg, Fish, Milk, Sesame, Soy, Almond, Brazil Nut, Cashew, Hazelnut, Macadamia, Pecan, Pistachio, Walnut, Pine Nut. )
1 packet
beef strips
1 sachet
Sweet Soy Seasoning
(Contains Soy, Gluten(Wheat); )
1 packet
Crushed Peanuts
(Contains Peanut; May be present Wheat, Sesame, Milk, Soy, Almond, Brazil Nut, Cashew, Hazelnut, Macadamia, Pecan, Pistachio, Pine Nut, Walnut. )
1 bag
Asian Stir-Fry Mix
Not included in your delivery
olive oil
20 g
butter
(Contains Milk; )
1.25 cup
water
2 tbs
soy sauce
(Contains Gluten, Soy; )
1 tbs
honey
¼ cup
vinegar (white wine or red wine)
Nutrition Values
Cooking Steps
• Finely chop garlic. In a medium saucepan, heat the butter and a dash of olive oil over medium heat. Cook half the garlic until fragrant, 1-2 minutes. • Add the water and a generous pinch of salt and bring to the boil. Add jasmine rice, stir, cover with a lid and reduce the heat to low. • Cook for 12 minutes, then remove pan from the heat and keep covered until rice is tender and water is absorbed, 10-15 minutes.
TIP: The rice will finish cooking in its own steam so don't peek!
• While the rice is cooking, thinly slice cucumber into half-moons. In a small bowl, combine the vinegar and a good pinch of sugar and salt. • Add cucumber to the pickling liquid with just enough water to cover the cucumber. Set aside. • In a second small bowl, combine ginger paste, the soy sauce, honey, a splash of water and the remaining garlic. Season with pepper. Set aside.
• When the rice has 10 minutes remaining, heat a large frying pan over high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Cook Asian stir-fry mix, tossing, until tender, 4-5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. • Return the frying pan to high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Cook beef strips and sweet soy seasoning in batches, tossing, until browned and cooked through, 1-2 minutes. • Reduce the heat to medium. Return all beef to the pan, then add the ginger-soy mixture, stirring, until slightly thickened, 1-2 minutes. Remove pan from heat, then return the veggies to the pan and toss to coat.
• Drain pickled cucumber. Divide garlic rice between bowls. • Top with ginger-soy beef and veggie stir-fry. Spoon over any remaining ginger-soy sauce. • Top with pickled cucumber and garnish with crushed peanuts to serve. Enjoy!