Spicy Mint Beef

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Asian

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 to 3 Thai chiles (such as prik kee noo) or serrano chiles, stemmed and thinly sliced
  • 1 pound flank steak, very thinly sliced
  • 3 medium shallots, thinly sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices
  • 1/4 cup fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons sweet soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons black soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon chili paste in soybean oil
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh Thai basil leaves (or regular basil)
  • 1 cup whole fresh mint leaves
  • White rice, for serving

Directions

  1. In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and chiles and cook until aromatic, about 30 seconds. Add the steak and cook, stirring frequently, 2 minutes. Add the shallots and bell pepper and cook 1 minute. Add the fish sauce, sweet soy sauce, black soy sauce and chili paste. Bring the mixture to a low simmer and cook, stirring frequently, until the meat is cooked through and the vegetables are tender, about 3 minutes.
  2. Remove the skillet from the heat and stir in the basil and mint until wilted. Serve over rice.

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