Thai Beef with Basil is a popular menu item at our local Thai restaurants.
The mixture of beef, basil and vegetables served on a bed of Jasmine rice provide a very satisfying meal that will be make you skip buying take-way. Mixed with a wonderful marinade that is very subtly sweet and produces a wonderful sauce to soak up with your rice.
This meal is quick to make and all cooked in a wok, so cleanup is relatively easy as well. This is definitively a dish I think you will want to have as a regular on your home menu.
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Ingredients
- 500 g Beef Strips I use rump steak and cut into strips
- 1 tsp Cornflour
- 4 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 1 Red Capsicum diced
- 1 Brown Onion diced
- 1 1/2 tbsp Minced Garlic
- 1 large Carrot sliced into matchsticks
- 1 cup Basil Leaves roughly chopped & some additional leaves for garnish
- Jasmine Rice to serve
Marinade
- 3 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1 1/2 tbsp Cornflour
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 1/2 tbsp Fish Sauce
- 1 tbsp Oyster Sauce
- 2 tbsp Brown Sugar firmly packed
- 1 tbsp Lime Juice
- 1/2 tsp Chilli Sauce I use medium
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Marinade
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Instructions
Marinade
- In a small bowl, add the soy sauce and cornflour and mix until well combined.
- Add water, fish sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, lime juice and chilli sauce. Stir until well combined. Set aside
Beef
- In a medium bowl add cornflour, beef strips & 1 tbsp vegetable oil. Use a spoon to mix until beef is coated in cornflour.
- Heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil in a wok over medium to high heat.
- Add beef and cook until browned. Transfer beef to plate and set aside.
- Reduce heat to medium and add 1 tbsp vegetable oil to the wok.
- Add capsicum, onion & garlic and cook for 3-4 minutes until capsicum & onion softens.
- Add carrots and marinade. Note: whisk marinade before adding to wok. Stir regularly for about 1 minute to allow sauce to thicken slightly.
- Add beef and basil leaves to wok and continue cooking until basil begins to wilt.
- Remove from heat and serve with Jasmine rice