Beef in oyster sauce is a really easy recipe although it benefits from top quality beef and fast cooking - and also a little heat if you can take it! Cook it with whatever crunchy vegetables you have to hand: green beans, mange tout, bell peppers, baby sweetcorn… serves 4

Ingredients

• 500g beef steak, thinly sliced

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil

• 4 cloves garlic, crushed

• 1 tbsp cornflour

• 4 tbsp each of soy sauce & oyster sauce

• 2 tbsp each of sweet chilli sauce & fish sauce

• 6 spring onions, finely chopped (including the green stem), or half a brown onion finely chopped

• 450g mixed vegetables, sliced into similar-sized pieces (see above)

• finely chopped fresh red chillies (optional)

Recipe

1. Mix together the sauces.

2. Coat the beef in the cornflour.

3. Heat the oil in a wok and add the beef. Fry for a couple of minutes, then remove and keep warm.

4. Add the garlic, (spring) onions and sauces, and cook for a minute or two, then add the vegetables.

5. Cook for a couple more minutes, or until the vegetables are al dente, then return the meat to the wok, stir through and serve scattered with the optional chillies. Add a little water if the sauce is too thick for your taste.

6. Serve with rice or noodles.

If you liked this recipe, try these…