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Japanese beef with onions

Thinly sliced beef with three kinds of onion, ginger, chilli and soy sauce. Serve with white rice.

Japanese-inspiredServes 4
Japanese beef with onions

Ingredients

  • 600 g thin-cut beef steaks
  • 1 yellow onion
  • 1 red onion
  • A piece of leek
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 red chilli
  • A piece of fresh ginger
  • 1½ tbsp sesame oil
  • 75 ml Kikkoman soy sauce
  • 25 ml regular dark soy sauce
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Oil for frying

Method

  1. Cut the thin beef steaks into pieces about 5 cm wide.
  2. Slice the onions into strips and slice the green part of the leek.
  3. Crush the garlic cloves and cut the tomatoes into wedges.
  4. Trim and deseed the chilli, then cut it into thin strips. Cut the ginger into matchsticks.
  5. Fry the beef in oil until it starts to brown.
  6. Remove the beef. Add the onions, leek and garlic to the pan and fry until golden, then return the beef to the pan.
  7. Add the chilli, ginger, both soy sauces and the sesame oil. Simmer over a low heat for a couple of minutes.
  8. Add the tomatoes and simmer for another couple of minutes.
  9. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with white rice.