Thai Glazed Beef With Chile Lemongrass Sauce Recipes

THAI BEEF WITH CHILES AND BASIL OVER COCONUT RICE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine rice, coconut milk, 3/4 cup water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cover and bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer, cover, and cookuntil rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, about 25 minutes.
• When rice is almost done, combinefish sauce, soy sauce, and sugar in asmall bowl; set aside. Heat a cast-ironskillet or wok over high. Add oil andheat; add garlic and half the chiles. Cook,stirring constantly, 15 seconds. Addbeef and cook, breaking up meat witha wooden spoon, until completelybrowned, about 4 minutes. Add soymixture and cook 30 seconds. Addbasil and remaining chiles and stir tocombine. Serve beef over coconutrice with lime wedges.

STIR-FRIED THAI-STYLE BEEF WITH CHILES AND SHALLOTS

Steps:

• FOR THE BEEF AND MARINADE:
• Combine coriander, white pepper, brown sugar, and fish sauce in large bowl.
• Add beef, toss well to combine; marinate 15 minutes.
• FOR THE STIR-FRY:
• In small bowl, stir together fish sauce, vinegar, water, brown sugar, and chili-garlic paste until sugar dissolves; set aside.
• In small bowl, mix garlic with 1 teaspoon oil; set aside.
• Heat 2 teaspoons oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat until smoking; add one-third of beef to skillet in even layer.
• Cook, without stirring, until well browned, about 2 minutes, then stir and continue cooking until beef is browned around edges and no longer pink in the center, about 30 seconds. Transfer beef to medium bowl.
• Repeat with additional oil and remaining meat in 2 more batches.
• After transferring last batch of beef to bowl, reduce heat to medium; add remaining 2 teaspoons oil to now-empty skillet and swirl to coat.
• Add chiles and shallots and cook, stirring frequently, until beginning to soften, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Push chile-shallot mixture to sides of skillet to clear center; add garlic to clearing and cook, mashing mixture with spoon, until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Stir to combine garlic with chile-shallot mixture.
• Add fish sauce mixture to skillet; increase heat to high and cook until slightly reduced and thickened, about 30 seconds.
• Return beef and any accumulated juices to skillet, toss well to combine and coat with sauce, stir in half of mint and cilantro; serve immediately, sprinkling individual servings with portion of peanuts and remaining herbs, and passing lime wedges separately.

THAI GLAZED BEEF WITH CHILE-LEMONGRASS SAUCE

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix 1 tablespoon of the oil, the garlic, gingerroot, pepper, coriander and beef. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes or up to 8 hours.
• In 12-inch skillet (preferably nonstick), heat remaining 3 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat until shimmering and hot. Add marinated beef. Cook 6 to 8 minutes, stirring constantly so garlic doesn't burn, until beef is browned and cooked through. Drain fat.
• In small bowl, mix sugar, lime juice, 2 tablespoons fish sauce and the vinegar. Add mixture to skillet with beef. Stir and heat to boiling. Watch carefully as liquid evaporates to avoid scorching. When only about 1 tablespoon liquid is left, use slotted spoon to remove beef to bowl; cover to keep warm.
• Add onion to skillet and cook 1 minute, stirring frequently. Stir in lemongrass, garlic and chile. Cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Add broth, 2 tablespoons fish sauce and the oyster sauce. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium and simmer 1 minute longer. Return beef to skillet and cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Serve with rice.