Name: Chinese beef shortrib stir fry
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 130 min
Total time: 160 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Beef
Ingredients: 1 kg beef short rib; 4 garlic cloves; 80 ml soy sauce; 10 fresh ginger; 5 ml Chinese five-spice powder; 1 star anise optional; 30 ml vegetable oil; 10 fresh ginger strips; 4 carrots peeled, julienned; 500 ml broccoli florets; 125 ml peas frozen; 1 pineapple core removed and cut into chunks; 2 spring onions cut in pieces; 10 ml sesame oil; 30 ml soy sauce; 30 ml honey; 5 ml fish sauce; limes juice only; fresh coriander; sesame seeds toasted; chillies chopped, optional

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Ingredients (21)

1 kg	beef — short rib
4	garlic — cloves
80 ml	soy sauce
10	fresh ginger
5 ml	Chinese five-spice powder
1	star anise — optional
30 ml	vegetable oil
10	fresh ginger — strips
4	carrots — peeled, julienned
500 ml	broccoli — florets
125 ml	peas — frozen
1	pineapple — core removed and cut into chunks
2	spring onions — cut in pieces
10 ml	sesame oil
30 ml	soy sauce
30 ml	honey
5 ml	fish sauce
	limes — juice only

TO SERVE:

	fresh coriander
	sesame seeds — toasted
	chillies — chopped, optional

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Method:

Pre-heat oven to 170ºC.

Place the strips of beef, ginger, garlic, star anise (if using) and five spice in a double layered foil pouch.

Add the soy sauce and close the pouch. Place the pouch in a roasting pan and put in the oven for 90 – 120 minutes.

When the beef is cooked, remove from the foil and cut in big chunks. Now heat the oil in a big pan of wok and add the ginger. Add the beef and stir-fry until it browns, add the liquid from the pouch.

Add the broccoli and carrots and keep frying until the vegetables are cooked, but avoid overcooking.

Add the honey, soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil and spring onions and pineapple chunks. Stir fry for another 3-5 minutes and taste.

Lastly adjust seasoning and add lime juice just before serving.

Serve with steamed Jasmin rice, fresh coriander, chili and sesame seeds.

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