Beef Chop Suey

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 250 g beef, cut into small cubes
• 1 medium carrot, sliced lengthwise
• 10 french beans, sliced lengthwise
• 2 medium onions
• 4 green chilies
• 1 teaspoon ginger paste
• 1 teaspoon garlic paste
• 5 garlic cloves, chopped
• 4 dried red chilies
• 3 teaspoons soya sauce
• 1 teaspoon chili sauce
• 3 teaspoons tomato sauce
• 1/3 teaspoon ajinomoto
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
• 3/4 teaspoon vinegar
• 2 teaspoons cornflour, dissolved in
• water
• salt
• oil, as required
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
• salt

Recipe

• 1 marinate beef cubes with lemon juice, pepper powder and salt for 30 minutes.
• 2 pressure cook the beef till it is tender.
• 3 soak the red chillies in 1/3 cup hot water and vinegar.
• 4 grind to a paste.
• 5 boil carots and beans till they are crunchy.
• 6 do not discard the stock.
• 7 heat oil in a wok.
• 8 stir in ginger and garlic pastes.
• 9 saute till the raw smell leaves the wok.
• 10 add the chopped green chillies, dried red chilli paste, chopped garlic and diced onion to the wok.
• 11 saute continuously for 5-7 minutes.
• 12 add a little stock so as to not let the mixture stick to the bottom of the wok.
• 13 saute till the onion is crunchy.
• 14 add soya sauce and chilli sauce, tomato sauce, boiled carrots and beans, salt and the cooked beef.
• 15 cook on medium heat for 10 minutes.
• 16 add 1/2 cup stock, cornflour-water mixture, pepper powder and ajinomoto.
• 17 stir till the dish has medium gravy consistency.
• 18 serve with fried rice or noodles.
• 19 enjoy!