Main Meal Recipes > Beijing Shredded Beef
Starter - Chinese Hot and Sour Soup
Main Course - Beijing Shredded Beef
Dessert - Lychee and Mandarin Mousse
12oz rump steak, sliced thinly
2 red chillies, chopped finely
1 large spanish onion, peeled and finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
1 inch piece ginger root, peeled and cut into matchsticks
medium sized tin bamboo shoots, drained and sliced thinly
2 red peppers, deseeded and cut into strips
5tbs hoisin sauce
4tbs dry sherry
1tbs sesame oil
2tbs vegetable oil
(see measure conversions for more information)
- Marinate the meat in this mixture.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a wok until very hot.
- Add the chillies, onion and garlic and fry until softened.
- Remove from pan and put on a plate.
- Put the red peppers in the pan and stir fry for a few seconds over a high heat.
- Remove from pan and put with the chillies.
- Stir fry the beef for about 2 minutes.
- Remove the beef from the pan.
- Add the cooked vegetables.
- Add the ginger and bamboo shoots.
- Add the meat.
- Heat through and serve sprinkled with the sesame oil.
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This recipe is part of the August 2008 Recipes Menu
Starter - Chinese Hot and Sour Soup
Main Course - Beijing Shredded Beef
Dessert - Lychee and Mandarin Mousse
How to make Beijing shredded beef:
A beef dish with the unmistakable smoky and sweet flavour of hoisin sauce. Make sure that you shred the beef finely so that it will be tender.Ingredients

2 red chillies, chopped finely
1 large spanish onion, peeled and finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
1 inch piece ginger root, peeled and cut into matchsticks
medium sized tin bamboo shoots, drained and sliced thinly
2 red peppers, deseeded and cut into strips
5tbs hoisin sauce
4tbs dry sherry
1tbs sesame oil
2tbs vegetable oil
(see measure conversions for more information)
Method
- Mix together the hoisin sauce and the sherry.- Marinate the meat in this mixture.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a wok until very hot.
- Add the chillies, onion and garlic and fry until softened.
- Remove from pan and put on a plate.
- Put the red peppers in the pan and stir fry for a few seconds over a high heat.
- Remove from pan and put with the chillies.
- Stir fry the beef for about 2 minutes.
- Remove the beef from the pan.
- Add the cooked vegetables.
- Add the ginger and bamboo shoots.
- Add the meat.
- Heat through and serve sprinkled with the sesame oil.
If you have a question or comment relevant to this page, then please post it below.
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