Sizzling Beef With Spring Onions & Black Bean Sauce

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• sea salt
• black pepper, freshly ground
• 200 g long grain rice (or basmati rice)
• 230 g sirloin steaks (or rump steak)
• fresh ginger, thumb-sized piece
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/2 fresh red chili
• 2 spring onions
• 1 small bunch fresh coriander
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• peanut oil
• 2 tablespoons black bean sauce, good quality
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 limes
• 1 egg, free range

Recipe

• 1 to prepare your stir-fry:.
• 2 bring a pan of salted water to the boil, add the rice and cook according to the packet instructions.
• 3 drain the rice in a sieve, run it under a cold tap to cool, then allow to dry out in the fridge.
• 4 trim any excess fat from your steak and slice the meat into finger sized strips.
• 5 peel and finely slice the ginger and garlic.
• 6 finely slice the chili.
• 7 cut the ends off your spring onions and finely slice.
• 8 pick the coriander leaves and put to one side, and finely chop the coriander stalks.
• 9 get yourself a big bowl and put in the ginger, garlic, chilli, spring onions, coriander stalks and steak strips.
• 10 add the sesame oil and mix everything together.
• 11 to cook your stir-fry:.
• 12 preheat a wok or large frying pan on a high heat and once it's very, very hot add a good splash of groundnut oil and swirl it around.
• 13 add all your chopped ingredients from the bowl.
• 14 give the pan a really good shake to mix everything around quickly.
• 15 stir-fry for 2 minutes, taking care to keep everything moving so it doesn't burn.
• 16 add the blackbean sauce, and stir in 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and the juice of half a lime.
• 17 keep tossing.
• 18 taste and season with black pepper and a little more soy sauce, if required.
• 19 remove the pan from the heat, transfer everything to a bowl and cover with tin foil.
• 20 give the pan a quick wipe with a ball of kitchen paper and put back on the heat.
• 21 add some groundnut oil and swirwl it around.
• 22 crack in your egg and add a tb soy sauce - the egg will cook very quickly so keep sstirring.
• 23 once it's scrambled, stir in your chilled rice, scraping the sides and the bottom of the pan as you go.
• 24 keep mixing for a few minutes until the rice is steaming hot, then taste and season with a little soy sauce if required.
• 25 to serve your stir-fry:.
• 26 divide the rice between two bowls or plates.
• 27 spoon over the meat and black bean sauce and sprinkle over with coriander leaves.
• 28 serve with wedges of lime.2.