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BEEF FILLET
400g beef fillet
4-8 tsp. soy sauce
2 tbsp. food starch
2 bundles of spring onions
300g turnips
20g ginger
3 tsp. oil
120ml chicken stock
Pinch of salt and pepper
50g peanuts
Optional: Sherry for taste
METHOD: Cut the beef fillet into manageable slices. Marinate for 15 minutes in 3 teaspoons
of soy sauce. Powder with food starch. Clean and wash the spring onion - cut them into 4cm
slanted pieces. Clean, wash and peel the turnips - cut them into 4-5cm long thin strips. Peel
ginger and cut it across into thin slices. Heat oil well in the wok, fry the meat for half a minute
and then on the tempura rack. Fry turnips and ginger, stirring constantly. Add the spring
onion and fry it for about 1 minute. Add the meat, (optional: add some sherry) and 1-2
teaspoons of soy sauce. Bring to the boil, mix everything together in the wok, including the
chicken stock, add salt and pepper to taste. Cut and sprinkle peanuts.
CHINESE MEAT BALLS
500g minced beef
5ml salt
250g cabbage
15ml soy sauce
2 onions
30ml cooking oil
1.5ml ginger
METHOD: Preheat the wok. Put meat, cabbage and onions through a mincer using a coarse
mincing grade, or place in a food processor. Combine ginger, salt and soy sauce and add to
meat mixture. Mix well. Shape into balls about 2.5
– 3 cm in diameter. Fry in oil until done,
browning well on all sides.