Fresh Lemon Pepper Beef Stir Fry

Submitted by gailanng

"Using a few basic ingredients including the essential fish sauce, which blends into the background but adding a distinctively non-fishy flavor, dinner's on the table in just minutes. From Sunkist."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 3

ingredients

• Marinade

• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 2 teaspoons fish sauce
• 3⁄4 lb tri-tip beef, cut into 1-inch cubes (can sub flank or sirloin steak)

• Glaze

• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 2 teaspoons sugar

• The Rest

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1 stalk lemongrass, bottom 4-inches minced (about 1 tablespoon and can sub grated lemon zest but not exactly the same)
• 2 walnut-sized shallots, thinly sliced

directions

1. Combine marinade ingredients in a bowl. Add beef and stir to coat. Let stand for 10 minutes.
2. In the meantime combine glaze ingredients in a small bowl; stir until sugar is dissolved.
3. Place a stir-fry pan over high heat until hot. Add oil and butter; stir until butter melts. Add garlic, lemongrass, shallots and cook; stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add beef and stir-fry, until it is seared on the outside and slightly pink in center, about 4 minutes.
4. Add glaze and toss to evenly coat meat. Serve.

Reviews

[Chef floWer]

I made this for Hubby and Little Miss and they both enjoyed it. I thought the black pepper may be to much but I followed the written recipe and it worked well. Served with steam rice and green salad. Thank you gailanng for a great recipe.