Sesame beef stir-fry with cucumber salad

Ideas
4 servings Prep: 10 mins, Cooking: 20 mins
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Flavourful and ready in 30 minutes.

By Food24 May 04 2015
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Ingredients (13)

400 g beef — minute steaks
1 ml dried chilli flakes
15 ml sugar
40 ml soy sauce
30 ml rice vinegar — or cider vinegar
sesame oil
1 cucumber — diced
30 ml sunflower oil — canola oil
1 onion — sliced
1 garlic — cloves
100 g baby spinach
30 ml sesame seeds — toasted
basmati rice — to serve
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Method:

Mix together the beef, chilli, 10ml sugar, 30ml soy sauce, 15ml vinegar and a few drops of sesame oil (if using). Set aside to marinate.

Salad:
Mix the cucumber with 5ml sugar, 10ml soy sauce, 15ml vinegar and a few drops of sesame oil. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Heat the oil in a wok or non-stick pan. Add the onion and garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Add the beef and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add the spinach and stir-fry until just wilted. Stir in 15ml sesame seeds. Serve with rice and the cucumber salad, sprinkled with the remaining sesame seeds.

Text and image: Ideas magazine

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