Garlic steaks (Chinese cooking for Australians)

 

For 4 servings

• 625 gr fillet steak
• 60 ml meat marinade (click here for recipe)
• 10 ml cornflour
• 6 cloves garlic, sliced
• 4 shallots or 1 large onion, sliced
• 60 ml vegetable oil

Seasoning

• 60 ml water
• 30 ml dark soy sauce
• 30 ml oyster sauce
• 5 ml sugar

Preparation

1. Slice well-chilled steak across the grain into ¼" (1 cm) escalopes ; season with marinade and cornflour and leave for 45 minutes.
2. Mix seasoning ingredients in a bowl.

Cooking

1. Heat oil in a wok and fry frained steaks with garlic for 30 seconds on each side on very high heat ; lift out.
2. Fry shallots until softened ; pour in the seasonings with any remaining marinade and bring to the boil.
3. Add beef, reduce heat and simmer until sauce thickens and meat is just cooked through ; it should ideally be very rare.
4. Arrange steaks on a serving plate and add onion and garlic ; garnish with thinly sliced red chilli.

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