it's strange how i find myself cooking at the best of times and at the worst of times. when i'm happy i cook to please; when i'm depressed, however, i cook to relieve my mind of the looming unhappiness. from my experience, i can vouch that the old adage applies: love is an important ingredient for good food. clearly, i'm not meant to be a full-time chef.
today's recipe, sadly, stems from the sad side of life :(
anyway, enough of my bs. this recipe is a rehash of my housemate, linzi's. much credit goes to her then.
Ingredients.
500g of sliced beef (they sell in Asian Grocers for steamboats)
4-5 potatoes, skinned & diced (Desiree)
6-7 baby carrots, skinned & diced
2-3 onions, skinned and diced/ sliced (brown)
3-4 cloves, garlic (bruised and minced)
5tsp chinese rice wine
3tsp cooking oil (olive in my case)
3tsp honey
2tsp crushed basil leaves
2tsp chilli flakes
2tsp five spice powder
Serves.
3-4
Step 1: FRY! FRY!! FRY!!!.
before you start, start your oven to about 220degreee Cel.
heat your pot/ wok over a medium flame. when it's hot enough, fry the garlic and onion till brown. add the beef strips in, and before it cooks fully, add the condiments (i.e. wine, honey, basil leaves, chill flakes and five spice powder). stir-fry a little more, then add the vegetables.
fry everything till the vegetables are more or less cooked, remove from fire and transfer to an oven-safe ware.
the oven should be ready by now. cover the food with some foil and set the salad into the oven for about twenty to twenty-five minutes.
remove from oven, leave the foil on for at least ten minutes to trap some steam, before serving.
Final Serve.
good with some mash, rice or any other form of carbo. or eaten alone really.
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