Thai beef stir-fry
An easy Thai dinner. Ready in about 18 minutes. Difficulty: easy.
- 13 minPrep (about)
- 5 minCook (about)
- 18 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- EasyDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 14 oz beef Shopping tip: Usually flank or sirloin steak, sliced thin. Ground beef works too.
Fresh & other
- 1 red chile Shopping tip: Fresno or red jalapeño for mild (seeds out); Thai bird's eye for hot.
- Handful basil leaf Shopping tip: Fresh leaves, not dried. Thai basil is best; regular basil works.
Sauces & oils
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Heat a wok or big frying pan until smoking hot.
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Pour in your oil and swirl around the pan.
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Tip in the beef strips and chilli.
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Cook, till the meat is lightly brown, about 3 mins.
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Pour over the oyster sauce.
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Stir all the time.
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Cook until hot all the way through and the sauce coats the meat.
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Stir in the basil leaves.
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Serve with plain rice.
On the side: Steamed rice
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (25 min)
- Rinse the rice. Simmer it covered in water (2 cups per cup of rice) for about 18 minutes, then let it sit 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.