Beef Teppanyaki – A Meaty Affair

I rarely eat beef nowdays. Its not that its hard to get it here (the halal fresh beef) but i’d try to reduced the red meat intake. Reaching 40s soon, i really need to have a proper diet. Health should be my priority now. Less rice (just twice or thrice a week), more vegetables and fruits and also white meat especially fish….and regular exercise is a must.

But for the past weeks, i’ve been longing for some red meat..especially juicy and tender – melt in your mouth beef.

So today, went to Alim Markt – A Turkish groceries and bought myself  half a kilo of tender beef. Then plan is to – stir fried Teppanyaki style.

And here you are, Beef Teppanyaki – served with beansprouts and white rice.

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This recipe is not the same as you eat in Japanese restaurant – its purely my recipe – to suit my taste. Try at your own risk!

The Ingredients

120-150gm (about a fist size) of fresh tender beef – thinly slice

100gm beansprouts (about a handful)

2 cloves of garlic – thinly slice

1 teaspoon of light soysause

1 teaspoon of garlic powder (optional)

1 teaspoon of white pepper

1 teaspoon of fish sauce. (optional)

2 tablespoon of butter at room temperature.

2 tablespoon of cooking oil.

Salt to taste.

Sesame seed for garnishing (optional)

Parsley for garnishing (optional)

Preparation.

1. Put the sliced beef into a bowl, add a pinch of salt, light soysauce, garlic powder, white pepper, fish sauce and a teaspoon of cooking oil and mixed well. Set aside for a few minutes.

2. Add 2 tablespoon of cooking oil in a small pan and fried the thinly slice garlic and set aside.

3. In a medium or large wok or pan – add a spoonful of used oil from the fried garlic and cook the beef. Stir constantly for about 2-3 minutes then add a tablespoon of butter and fried garlic – mixed well and served preferably in a square plate.

4. Used the same pan or wok then add a spoonful of used cooking oil from the garlic- then cook the beansprouts for 90 seconds then add half tablespoon of butter, white pepper, garlic powder and salt and mixed well. Then quickly served.

5. Serve the beef and vegetables with a bowl of rice. Sprinkle the sesame seed and add parsley as garnish.

6. Enjoy while HOT. [/spoiler]

The recipe is not the same as you may see in the Japanese restaurant – so the taste might be a little different. But who cares – its my food, my taste and my recipes.

Will you try? Entahlah..I Dont Know.