Sweet Spiced Beef with Green Beans

Name: Sweet Spiced Beef with Green Beans
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 170g/6oz light muscovado sugar; 3 heads of red chicory, or 2 handfuls of shredded red cabbage; 1–2 fresh red chillies, finely sliced; 1 red onion, finely sliced into rings; 115ml/4oz Kikkoman soy sauce; 155g/5½oz coarse sea salt; A generous ½ teaspoon runny honey; 1 generous tablespoon lemon juice; 3 tablespoons walnut oil; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped; 1½ tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger; 350g/12oz fine green beans, trimmed; 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons sunflower oil; 450 g/1 lb trimmed fillet of beef; 115ml/4oz toasted sesame oil; Zest of 2 lemons, finely grated; 1½ teaspoons ground star anise

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Around the World in 80 Dishes

By David Loftus

Published 2012

About

Served with a clever green bean salad, this sweet spiced beef was inspired by the idea of fusing Japanese and Chinese flavours with traditional British cuisine. Marinating the beef in a flavoured sugar and salt mixture gives a succulent and firm texture. One should never quibble with Sybil.

Ingredients

170g/6oz light muscovado sugar
155g/5½

Asia
Japan
Yokohama
Main course
Spicy

Method

Mix the sugar, salt, star anise, ginger, garlic, lemon zest, chillies, soy sauce and sesame oil in a dish large enough to hold the beef. Add the beef and turn to coat thoroughly in the sweet marinade. Cover and place in the fridge for at least 36 hours, turning the meat every 12 hours and rubbing the marinade into the flesh before returning it to the fridge.

After 36 hours, remove the b