Most often, the meat used in a stir-fry is minute steak – which is finely sliced and cooks very rapidly. Often, the meat is overcooked by the time all the vegetables in a stir-fry are cooked; leaving the meat chewy and unappetizing.
For this reason, this recipe calls for fillet steak which, when cooked, literally will melt in your mouth. The fillet is much more tender than the minute steak – and even if cooked for a little longer while waiting for the vegetables to cook, it will retain its texture.
Ingredients: Dinner for 4 people
Ensure that all items are cut to a similar size so that they will cook at the same rate when stir-frying. Specialty equipment includes a large wok; or large non-stick pan with the capacity to hold all the ingredients while stirring. All ingredients need to be prepared before starting the cooking process, as stir-frying is a quick process, and all ingredients are added virtually simultaneously while stirring constantly.
- 2 Lbs of fillet steak; diced (which can be reduced or increased according to personal taste and budget)
- 2 Diced Carrots
- Half a head of cabbage; finely chopped
- Packet of baby sugar-snap peas; diced
- One of the following: green, red or yellow pepper; diced
- One pineapple; cored and diced
- 5-10 Baby corn; chopped into rings
- Packet of Mushrooms
- Teaspoon of Ginger
- Teaspoon of Garlic
- Dash of olive oil
Accompaniments
- Sauces – such as Sweet and Sour; Chop Suey; Soy Sauce or Oyster Beef
- Rice or rice noodles (cooked according to the instruction on the packaging)
Method
- Place olive oil in a large wok on high heat. Add the ginger and garlic and stir for a few seconds.
- Add the diced fillet and stir rapidly until slightly browned.
- Add the denser vegetables to the pan – such as the carrots, pepper, corn and sugar-snap peas – and stir for a few moments; combining all the ingredients.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the wok when the peppers begin to lose their rigidity and look as though they are wilting. Stir well to combine all the ingredients, and to avoid burning the bottom of the pan.
- Once all the ingredients are cooked, you can either add a sauce such as Sweet and Sour to coat all the vegetables during the cooking process; or you can place a variety of sauces on the dining table for the guests to help themselves.
- Serve the stir fry in bowls with rice or noodles; using chopsticks if possible. Add sauces to the dish as required and enjoy!
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