Beef Lok Lak [1]

300 g beef steaks, sliced ( best you can afford)

1/4 cup light soy sauce

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

1 tablespoon tomato sauce ( ketchup)

3 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

1 teaspoon fish sauce

2 garlic cloves, finely sliced

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

To serve

2 small tomatoes, sliced

1 cucumber, peeled and finely sliced

1/2 small red onion, finely sliced

lettuce, iceberg or romaine leaf

Dipping sauce

juice of a lime

2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper

1 teaspoon salt or 1 teaspoon fish sauce

1 tablespoon water

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1. In a large bowl, mix beef with soy sauce, oyster sauce, tomato sauce sugar, fish sauce and ground black pepper and garlic. Marinate at least 20 minutes or up to one hour.
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2. Make dipping sauce, combine ingredients in a small bowl-set aside.
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3. Decorate two dinner plates with sliced tomatoes, cucumber and onion. Set aside.
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4. Place the lettuce leaves on a separate platter.
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5. Heat oil in a wok over a high heat and stir-fry beef until cooked. Divide between the two dinner plates.
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6. See intro for how to eat.

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