Spicy Mint Beef

Spicy Mint Beef

Tip ; try to find a beef tenderloin or frank steak to use for this meal, it will give a nice and tender tastes. Using green Thai hot chili for this recipe to prevent strong heat of chili, and if you doesn't like too much fish sauce, substitute it with salt or soy sauce.

Ingredient;

• 1  lbs Frank steak or tenderloin, thinly slice
• 1  Red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded cored and 1/8 inch thick sliced
• 4  cloves garlic minced
• 3 - 5 Thai green hot chili " prik kee noo"*, sliced
• 3  shallot, sliced
• 1/4  cup fish sauce* or substitute with 1 tsp salt + 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 4  tablespoon sweet black soy sauce*
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp chili paste in soy bean oil*
• 1 1/4 cup rough chopped fresh Thai basil leaves*
• 1 cup whole mint leaves
• 3 tbsp cooking oil

note; * can be found in Asian grocery store

Direction; 

1. In medium high heat hot wok, add cooking oil, garlic and Thai chili, cooked until aromatic but not burn. Add steak and cook, stirring frequently but not over stirring because the meat will release the juice out and you will end up boiling them.

2. Add fish sauce, black sweet soy sauce, chili paste in soy bean oil and sugar and let it cooked until the sauce almost evaporate. Add shallot and bell pepper and cook for about a minute then turn the heat off and add the green leaves, stirred well. Serve over steam rice.

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From kasiefoodie