Stir-fried beef and cucumber
Stir-fried beef and cucumber is a quick, easy and tasty dish. It is a delicious stir-fry with refreshing cucumber and well-seasoned beef.
Servings: 3 people
Equipment
- 1 a frying pan
- 2 bowls
Ingredients
- 400~450 gram Cucumber
- 1½ teaspoon Salt
- 200 gram Beef (thinly sliced, cut into bite-size)
- 4 tablespoon Green onion (finely chopped)
- 1 teaspoon Garlic (finely chopped)
- ½ teaspoon Fresh red chilli pepper (finely chopped)
- 2 tablespoon Japanese soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Japanese sake, Chinese rice wine or sherry
- 2 teaspoon Granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon Sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon Roasted white sesame seeds
Instructions
- Cut the cucumber into 5 cm lengths, cut into quarters, and remove the seeds. Then cut in half again.
- Place them in a bowl, sprinkle with 1.5 teaspoons of salt and leave for 15-20 minutes. When it becomes slightly soft, wash it quickly with water, put it on a strainer to drain the water. Then wipe it with a paper towel.
- In another bowl put chopped green onion, garlic, chili pepper, Japanese soy sauce, Japanese sake, and sugar, and mix.
- Add beef and mix and leave for 5 to 10 minutes to season.
- Heat sesame oil in a frying pan over medium heat, add marinated beef and fry while spreading. When the color of the meat changes to brown, fry for another 1 minute.
- Add the cucumbers. Stir-fry for a minute or couple of minutes and sprinkle with sesame.
Notes
After adding the cucumbers either you can stir-fry briefly or a little longer. Please adjust it as you like. (The shorter the frying time, the better the color and texture of the cucumber. The longer you stir-fry, the softer the cucumbers and the more flavor they will absorb.)