Sniff that Beef for Me

Beef With Cashew Nuts

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Ingredients: (Serves 4)

• 3 tablespoons sesame oil
• half tablespoon chopped dried red chillies
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 1 onion, sliced
• 2.4cm/1 inch piece fresh root ginger, chopped
• 2-3 kaffir lime leaves, torn
• 500g/1lb lean beef, e.g. fillet, sirloin or rump steak, cut into strips
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 red pepper, seeded and sliced
• 1 green pepper, seeded and sliced
• 4 spring onions, sliced diagonally
• 125g/4oz roasted cashew nuts

How-to-make:

1. Heat half tablespoon of the sesame oil in a small frying pan, and fry the dried red chillies until crisp. Drain on absorbent kitchen paper to absorb the oil, and set aside while you stir-fry the beef and vegetables.
2. Heat the remaining sesame oil in a wok or a large frying pan. Add the garlic, onion and ginger and stir-fry quickly for about 3 minutes over high heat, until the onion is soft and golden brown.
3. Add the kaffir lime leaves and strips of beef, and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes. Season to taste with black pepper and stir the soy sauce and sugar into the beef mixture.
4. Add the peppers and spring onions and stirfry for 2-3 minutes. Add the reserved fried chillies and the roasted cashew nuts and quickly stir them through the mixture. 

Serve immediately with some boiled rice or fried noodles, Bon Appetite.