Miso ginger beef and asparagus stir fry
Thin slices of beef are marinated in soy sauce, sake, mirin, white miso paste and ginger then stir fried with parboiled asparagus. It's salty and sweet, a bit nutty and slightly spicy. Cooks in 10 minutes.
Servings 2 people
Ingredients
Meat
- 250 grams thinly sliced fatty beef
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sake
- 1 tablespoon mirin
- 1 teaspoon white miso paste
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1 tablespooon potato starch
Stir fry
- 1½ tablespoons sesame seed oil
- 250 grams asparagus cut into two-inch lengths
- 2 pinches salt
- 1 pinch ground black pepper
- 1 red onion peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon honey (optional)
Instructions
- Cut the beef into pieces about an inch and a half wide. Add all the ingredients under "meat" and mix well. Set aside.
- Heat half a teaspoon of sesame seed oil in a wok or frying pan.
- Dump in the asparagus, sprinkle in salt and pepper, and stir fry for half a minute.
- Add the onion slices and pour in two tablespoons of water. With the heat still on HIGH, cover the pan and leave the vegetables to cook in the steam for about a minute. Scoop out the vegetables and move to a plate.
- Wipe the wok or frying pan, and heat the remaining sesame seed oil.
- With the heat on HIGH, spread the beef on the hot oil and leave for a minute or two to allow the underside to brown. Stir to break up clumps and stir fry until the meat is a uniform light brown.
- If using honey, drizzle it in now and continue stir frying for another minute.
- Add the asparagus and onion slices to the beef. Stir fry for a minute or until the vegetables are heated through.
- Taste and adjust the seasonings, if needed, before serving. Best with rice.
