Wild Ginger's Seven Flavor Beef

BarbryT's Note:

The restaurant Wild Ginger is one of the reasons I moved to Seattle. I have never had a thing there that isn't outstanding. This dish is very flavorful!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 8 ounces flank steaks, sliced on an angle

Marinade

• 1 tablespoon minced lemongrass
• 1/2 teaspoon peeled and minced fresh ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/2 teaspoon honey
• 1 teaspoon dried red chili pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Finishing

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
• 1/2 bunch thinly sliced green onion
• 1 cup bean sprouts
• 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon ground peanuts
• 20 leaves Thai basil

Directions:

1. Combine all marinade ingredients in a nonreactive baking dish and marinate beef for 1 hour.
2. Heat oil in a wok and heat over high heat. When oil is hot, add red onion, green onion, and bean sprouts and sear for 1 minute, stirring. Set aside on serving dish.
3. Add beef to very hot wok and sear until rare. Add hoisin sauce and toss until coated. Add ground peanuts and basil and cook until meat is medium rare.
4. Serve meat over onions and bean sprouts.

Reviews

[randle93]

My wife and I met as servers at the "Ginger". In my 12 years as a server/bartender 7 flavor beef is the only dish I craved after leaving a job. This recipe is spot on! I found it about a month ago and have had it twice a week since! Truly awesome thanks to the poster and to Rick (the ginger owner) and I can't forget Nathan ( the head magician @ WG). If you never have,you should go in and see them sometime. Possibly the worlds best restaraunt.

[TeresaS]

This was very interesting. After reading the reviews and while preparing the dish during step 1, I felt that it was more of a rub instead of a marinade. So, I thought "wait" you (that's me) have cookbooks from KCTS a local TV station that restaurants in the area offer some of their recipes. Sure enough there was "Seven Flavor Beef" submitted by Chef Nathan Uy from Wild Ginger. That recipe shows a bit less spice (Chinese five spice powder) more ginger and garlic and more oil in the marinade. So I thew in more oil. (Also there are no veggies in his recipe) So with that said we loved it. Veggies and all. I made as posted except added in 1 tbls of vegetable oil with the marinade. Thanks for posting. :) This is going in my Top 2009 recipe cookbook. OH! served it with a side of saffron rice. Excellent together.

[adopt a greyhound]

WOW! Wonderful recipe. Loved all the flavors and the meat was so tender. This is a very quick meal after the marinating time. We will have this one often. I did use a NY steak instead of flank.