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Stir-Fried Lemongrass Beef with Holy Basil
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Bring a little life to your beef stir-fry. Keep the staples like garlic, chiles, and shallots but throw in lemongrass, thai basil, and fish sauce to add some new characters to the story.
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ready in:
under 30 minutes
under 30 minutes
2 reviews
ingredients
1/4 cup dried lemongrass
OR
1 stalk fresh lemongrass
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup holy basil (Thai basil) or regular basil leaves
2 shallots, peeled and thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
1 Thai chile, minced
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2 pound beef sirloin, sliced very thin
directions
If using dried lemongrass, bring a small saucepan of water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the dried lemongrass and let simmer for 20 minutes. Drain well.
If using fresh lemongrass, trim the woody ends and then gently crush the stalk with the back of a chef's knife. Slice into 1-inch pieces.
Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Add the basil and cook, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds. Remove the basil with a slotted spoon and place on paper toweling to drain.
Add the shallots, garlic, chile, and lemongrass. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove the mixture from the wok with a slotted spoon and set aside in a small bowl. If desired, pick out and discard the fresh lemon grass (the flavor may be overpowering to some).
Combine the fish sauce, soy sauce, and sugar in a small bowl and mix to dissolve the sugar.
Add half of the beef to the wok and cook, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds. Remove the meat with a slotted spoon and set aside. Cook the other half of the beef the same way.
Add the meat back to the wok along with the cooked shallot mixture, fish sauce mixture, and fried basil. Cook, stirring constantly, for one minute.
Serve immediately with cooked white rice.
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reviews & comments
December 21, 2021
When I first read the recipe it looked like a lot of work and with only one sub-par review. Don't listen to that other review! First of all, it was easy to make. It went quickly too. Second, the flavor was amazing. Maybe the other person didn't use quality ingredients, I don't know. Follow the recipe and you'll love it. I've already had requests to make it again and we just had it last night!
September 2, 2013
While this recipe was good, the flavors just didn't quite come together for me in a way that wowed me. I'm not sure what was off about it. Maybe the basil was a bit too much or maybe it was the combination of that with the fish sauce. I did like that the basil was fried which helped make the flavor more subtle but it just wasn't enough for me. Perhaps I will experiment a bit with the ingredients and report back if I have a solution that works.