Thai Spicy Beef

Submitted by dianegrapegrower

"Adpated from "Simply THAI Cooking" by Wandee Young and Byron Ayanoglu. This excellent beef curry is a bit time consuming to prepare. The complex seasonings, though, are a real treat, and make this dish worth the time invested. I've tweaked slightly as the portion sizes were a bit small in my family's opinion. Otherwise, the recipe is a published in the book. (edited to correct fish sauce amount 3/19/09)"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 453.59 g beef flank steak, sliced thinly across the grain
• 0 green bell pepper, sliced
• 0 red bell pepper, sliced
• 226.79 g green beans, snapped
• 73.94 ml oil
• 4.92 ml garlic, chopped
• 29.58 ml red curry paste
• 73.94 ml unsweetened coconut milk (or water)
• 2.46 ml lime zest
• 118.29 ml bamboo shoot, sliced
• 29.58-59.16 ml fish sauce
• 14.79 ml sugar
• 10 basil leaves, shredded

directions

1. Heat oil in wok or large frying pan. Add vegetables and stir-fry until crisp tender. Remove and keep warm.
2. Add garlic and curry paste and stirfry for 45 seconds. Immediately add coconut milk and lime zest. Stir-cook for 1-2 minutes until it's bubbling and thick.
3. Add beef. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Add fish sauce and sugar and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes. Return veges to pan. Add 3/4 of basil leaves. Stir-fry just until veges are hot.
4. Transfer to serving dish and garnish with remaining basil. Serve immediately accompanied by steamed rice.

Reviews

[Maven in the Making]

Made for company dinner and everyone really liked it. I've made some Thai curries before but this was different in its preparation. I really liked being able to cook the meat in the coconut curry sauce (as opposed to frying it)--it was faster and healthier than adding more oil. I did back off on the red curry paste (just our tastes). I loved the inclusion of the lime zest! This was a real keeper. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

 

[Love to Eat]

Never cooked Thai food before this recipe. It was good but the amount of fish sauce was listed incorrectly (had since been corrected) so it was a bit pungent. Will make again.

 

[Pokey in San Antonio]

Great dish. I've spent a lot of time in Thailand, and this is as good as any beef dish I ever had in Korat. Thanks for posting.