Thai in 7 smoky stir-fried beef with chilli jam and onion - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Thai in 7 smoky stir-fried beef with chilli jam and onion By You Magazine - July 5, 2020 This recipe is one of the first stir-fries I was taught and for this reason sticks close to me as a favourite. It is incredibly important to have the wok explosively hot and to cook quickly. If you get the temperatures perfect, the stir-fried beef will be rare in the middle, yet smoky and charred on the outside. Try it with venison, too. Nassima Rothacker FEEDS 2 GLUTEN FREE 4 banana shallots, unpeeled 1 lemongrass stalk 250g beef steak, bavette or onglet, sliced across the grain into 3cm chunks 1 white onion, sliced into 1cm chunks 1 tbsp white vinegar 1 tbsp palm sugar (or 1 tsp caster sugar) 2 tbsp tamarind paste 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4. 2. To make the chilli jam, place the banana shallots, lemongrass, half a head of garlic (in the skin) and 3 long red chillies on a nonstick baking tray, then drizzle with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Roast on the top shelf for 25-30 minutes until softened (the lemongrass may need a further 5-10 minutes). 3. Leave until cool enough to handle, then peel the skin from the garlic and shallots. Discard the skin and set the flesh to one side. Remove the stalks from the chillies and roughly chop, then remove the tough outer layer from the lemongrass and thinly slice. Using a pestle and mortar, pound everything together to make a coarse paste, or blitz in a food processor. This is your roasted chilli jam. 4. Heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a nonstick wok over a high heat until almost smoking hot. With a wok spoon (or wooden spoon) in one hand, stir-fry the beef and onion in the oil, gently moving them constantly to seal the meat on all sides and begin to caramelise the onion. Add the roasted chilli jam and continue to toss for a minute or so – you may need to scrape the wok as the jam will stick a little. After roughly a minute, reduce the heat and deglaze the wok with 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, the vinegar, sugar and tamarind paste and stir well. Taste the stir-fry; it should be sweet, sour, salty, smoky and spicy, so adjust the seasoning as you prefer. 5. To serve, pile the stir-fried beef into bowls along with all the juices and enjoy with steamed jasmine rice. Serve with sliced cucumber and fresh coriander or Thai basil leaves to add a little colour and freshness, if you like. Buy the book with 40 per cent off Our recipes are from Thai in 7 by Sebby Holmes, which is published by Hachette, price £17.99. To order a copy for £10.79 until 19 July go to whsmith.co.uk and enter the code YOUTHAI at the checkout. Book number: 9780857838346. For terms and conditions, see whsmith.co.uk/terms. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved