Name: Five minute stir-fry beef
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 2 tablespoons kecap manis; 300 g (10½ oz) finely minced lean beef; 1 red bird’s eye chilli, seeds in, finely sliced (optional); 1 large red chilli, seeds in, finely sliced; juice of a lime; large bunch of Thai basil, leaves picked; 1 tablespoon oil; 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped; handful fresh beansprouts

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fire Islands

By Eleanor Ford

Published 2019

About

A wonderful Indonesian phrase is jam karet, meaning ‘rubber time’. It describes a relaxed attitude to timing, flowing through life like a meandering river enjoying the journey rather than worrying unduly about speed or punctuality. This is a recipe for the opposite of days, a stir-fry that gets a flavour-packed meal on the table in five minutes flat.