Thai beef in spicy mint sauce

Votes: 1

Time: 35 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

Thai beef in spicy mint sauce - a detailed recipe.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

450 g very thinly sliced beef flank steak
3 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
4 crushed cloves of garlic
2 - 3 Thai chili peppers (such as prik keenu) or serrano chili peppers, stemmed and thinly sliced
3 shallots, thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, sliced 0.3 cm thick
1/4 cup fish sauce
2 tbsp sweet soy sauce
2 tablespoons black soy sauce
1 tbsp chili paste in soybean oil
1.5 cups chopped fresh Thai basil leaves (or regular basil)
1 cup whole fresh mint leaves
White rice for serving

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and chili pepper and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the meat and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes. Add the shallots and bell pepper and cook for 1 minute.
Add fish sauce, sweet soy sauce, black soy sauce, and chili paste. Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer and cook, stirring frequently, until the meat is cooked through and the vegetables are tender, about 3 minutes.

Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the basil and mint until softened. Serve with rice.

If you can't find sweet and dark soy sauce, take 1/4 cup of regular soy sauce and mix it with 1/4 cup of honey or sugar.

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recipe / Main courses / Meat / Sauces / Gravies / Thai cuisine / Giada De Laurentiis

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