Beef and Garlic Shoots in Oyster Sauce

Name: Beef and Garlic Shoots in Oyster Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 8 fl oz (225 ml) groundnut (peanut) oil; 1½ teaspoons finely chopped fresh garlic; 1 dessertspoon cornflour; 1½ teaspoons sesame oil; 6 young ginger slices, ¼ inch (½ cm) thick; 6 young ginger slices, ¼ inch (½ cm) thick; 6 garlic shoots or whole spring onions, cut into 3-inch (7½-cm) pieces; 6 garlic shoots or whole spring onions, cut into 3-inch (7½-cm) pieces; 4 fl oz (110 ml) Rich Chicken Stock; 1 tablespoon oyster sauce; 4 fresh or tinned water chestnuts, peeled and sliced; 4 fresh or tinned water chestnuts, peeled and sliced; 1½ teaspoons rice wine or dry sherry; 1 scant teaspoon cornflour; 1 scant teaspoon light soy sauce; 1½ teaspoons rice wine or dry sherry; 1 pound (450 g) beef steak, fillet, rump or sirloin; 1 pound (450 g) beef steak, fillet, rump or sirloin; 1 scant teaspoon rice wine or dry sherry; 1½ teaspoons light soy sauce; 1 pound (450 g) beef steak, fillet, rump or sirloin; 1 pound (450 g) beef steak, fillet, rump or sirloin; 1½ teaspoons ginger juice; 1 egg white; 1 scant teaspoon sugar; 1 scant teaspoon rice wine or dry sherry

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fragrant Harbour Taste

By Ken Hom

Published 1989

About

This classic southern Chinese dish has been slightly updated in Hong Kong. In this version, the meat is coated and marinated in egg white to give it a fluffy, light texture. It is then stir-fried with young garlic shoots and slices of young ginger. The oyster sauce adds richness.

Ingredients

1 pound (450 g) beef steak, fillet, rump or sirloin

Asia
Hong Kong (China)
China
Main course

Method

Place the steak in the freezer for about 20 minutes or until it is firm to the touch. Then cut it, against the grain, into thin slices. Mix together the marinade ingredients, add the meat, and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Heat a wok or large frying pan until it is hot. Add the oil and, when it is quite hot, quickly stir-fry the beef for about 3 minutes. Turn the contents of the wok into