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Bò xào cần tây (beef and celery stir-fry)
Bò xào cần tây: sliced beef stir-fried with celery, onion and garlic
Bò xào cần tây is a weeknight stir-fry found on family tables all over Vietnam: thin slices of beef, seasoned with fish sauce and pepper, flashed in a hot wok with crunchy celery, onion and plenty of garlic, then eaten with rice. The usual mistake is cooking the beef and celery together from the start, so the beef stews while the celery softens; sear the beef first, take it out, and add it back at the end. Chef's tip: slice the beef across the grain and as thin as you can, so it is tender after only a minute in the pan.
- Total time
- 18 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 3
Ingredients
- 12 ½ oz beef rump or flankthinly sliced across the grain
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- ½ tsp sugar
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 garlic cloveschopped
- 1 onioncut into wedges
- 4 celery stickssliced on an angle, leaves kept
- 2 tbsp water
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Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Toss 12 ½ oz beef rump or flank with 1 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp oyster sauce, ½ tsp sugar, ½ tsp black pepper and 1 tsp cornflour. Leave for 5 minutes in the fridge.
5 minStep 2: Heat half of 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a wok over a high heat until smoking. Add half of 2 garlic cloves and then the beef in a single layer. Sear for 1 minute, toss until just browned outside, and tip onto a plate.
2 minStep 3: Add the rest of 1 tbsp vegetable oil and 2 garlic cloves, then 1 onion and 4 celery sticks. Stir-fry until the celery is bright green and the onion just translucent, still crunchy.
3 minStep 4: Return the beef with 2 tbsp water and toss for 1 minute until glossy and hot through. Scatter over the celery leaves and serve with rice.
1 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 250 kcal
- Protein
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 13 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does bò xào cần tây (beef and celery stir-fry) take?
- About 18 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 8 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 3 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of fish sauce?
- Soy sauce with a squeeze of lime (vegetarian).
- What can I use instead of oyster sauce?
- Hoisin sauce, same amount (sweeter).
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