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When I do stuff in the wok I usually like to chop up all the ingredients before I start cooking as I find I end up less stressed and better able to keep stirring it very frequently. So if you're like me, you can chop up your vegetables - I used capsicum, carrot and onion - first. And your herbs etc. if you're doing that by hand. You probably also want to put the rice on at this point because the other stuff won't take long.
Then take the onion and beef and put it on on a high heat until the beef is browned. Now take it out and set it aside (so the beef doesn't get dried out by too much cooking). Put in the vegetables and herbs, add lime juice - I used a whole lime, raw sugar, soy sauce and fish sauce. You don't want to use very much soy sauce, basically just enough to keep your ingredients from drying out. The fish sauce should actually be the stronger flavour so don't skimp on that.
Once it's all done, serve with rice.
Yup. Really definitely need to get a blenderer.
ReplyDeleteNote that that thing is not actually a blender - it doesn't really blend, just chops very finely, although I guess with the right ingredients there's not much difference. It's an attachment for my immersion blender. It's especially useful because the blades on it are fairly sharp and sturdy, so you can use it for stuff like chopping nuts. The longer you put it on for, the more finely chopped the stuff becomes, although with larger pieces the variance is higher. But yes, get a blender, they are awesome.
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