Description
The ultimate simple side dish where massive green scallions and thinly sliced beef are rapid-fried on an ultra-high heat wok with soy sauce, oyster sauce, and garlic.
Restaurants serving Stir-fried Beef with Scallions
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Thinly sliced beef
- Massive green scallions
- Garlic
- Oyster sauce
- Soy sauce
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Massage thinly sliced beef (balanced lean/fat) with soy sauce, wine, a little sugar, sesame oil, and 'potato starch' to seal moisture and tenderize (Shangjiang prep).
- Cut green scallions (or long scallions) into 5cm pieces, preparing a massive amount (about the same volume as the meat).
- Heat plenty of oil in a wok, briefly 'velvet' (oil-blanch or high-heat fry) the seasoned beef, and remove before completely cooked (crucial to prevent tough meat).
- Leave a little oil in the wok, sauté garlic, ginger, and chili until fragrant.
- Toss in scallions all at once, season with soy sauce, oyster sauce, and wine.
- Return the beef, toss violently on high heat for ~
- seconds until scallions wilt slightly and aroma explodes.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Oyster sauce richness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Sliced beef, Japanese long scallions
Pairing
White Rice and Taiwan Beer
Trivia
[For Everyone] The number one meat dish at Taiwanese taverns. Unlike Japanese meat-veg stir-fries, it's decisively simple: just beef and scallions. The smooth potato-starch-coated beef and high-heat charred scallion savoriness make beer evaporate.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Use the 'soft, sweet scallions'—which have absorbed the meat umami and fat to their limit—as the main side dish to shovel down white rice, even more than the beef!
Allergen
Beef, Soy, Wheat