BEEF LOK LAK (Lok Lak Sach Ko)
A Cambodia dinner. Ready in about 35 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 25 minPrep (about)
- 10 minCook (about)
- 35 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 1.1 lb beef tenderloin
Fresh & other
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 ¼ tsp palm sugar
- 1 tbsp white wine
- 9 oz lettuce
- 7 oz tomatoes
- 3 ½ oz onions
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ tsp kampot pepper
- 1 ½ tsp lime juice
Sauces & oils
- 1 tbsp oil Shopping tip: Vegetable or olive oil.
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 ¼ tsp sesame seed oil
Spices & seasonings (2): sea salt, sea salt
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 2 ¼ tsp sea salt
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Fry the eggs sunny-side up.
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Set aside.
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Finely chop the garlic.
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Wash the lettuce leaves.
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Drain well.
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Thinly slice the onion and tomatoes.
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Cut the beef tenderloin in 2–1 ¼ inches cubes.
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Marinate with sesame oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce, Chinese cooking wine, palm sugar and sea salt.
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Mix well.
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Heat a frying pan on high heat using cooking oil.
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Add chopped garlic.
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Stir until the garlic browns lightly.
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Add the marinated beef.
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Heat for 5–7 min, depending on how rare you want your beef.
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Dry roast your black Kampot peppercorns in frying pan.
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Do it over medium-low heat for 2–3 min until it smells good.
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Grind the roasted pepper.
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Place it in a bowl.
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Add sea salt and lime juice.
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Mix well.
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Arrange a bed of lettuce on a serving plate, layer tomatoes, onions.
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Spoon the cooked beef over the vegetables.
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Place fried eggs on top.
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Dish up using your Kampot pepper sauce and fragrant steamed rice.
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Sear hot plus fast, Lok Lak is its best when your beef stays tender plus juicy, using bold, bright dipping sauce to cut through your richness.
On the side: Steamed vegetables
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Steam or microwave the frozen vegetables as the bag says. Season with salt and a little butter.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.