Sticky sesame beef and spring onion stir-fry
Serves: 2
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Martin Poole
Sticky sesame beef and spring onion stir-fry
If you want a flavour-packed supper on the table in 15 minutes, this is the dish for you. It works equally well with chicken, pork or prawns, too
Serves: 2
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving (without rice))
Calories
490Kcal
Fat
23gr
Saturates
6gr
Carbs
15gr
Sugars
13gr
Fibre
3gr
Protein
53gr
Salt
2gr
Sarah Akhurst
Our Food Director Sarah is a food obsessive, and spends most of her time scoping out the latest food trends, experimenting in her own kitchen, or making her family wait to eat while she photographs every dinner she makes for the 'gram! A complete Middle Eastern food junkie, she is never far from a good shawarma marinade, a pinch of Aleppo chilli or a sprig of dill
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Sarah Akhurst
Our Food Director Sarah is a food obsessive, and spends most of her time scoping out the latest food trends, experimenting in her own kitchen, or making her family wait to eat while she photographs every dinner she makes for the 'gram! A complete Middle Eastern food junkie, she is never far from a good shawarma marinade, a pinch of Aleppo chilli or a sprig of dill
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Ingredients
- 2 tbsp pure sesame oil
- 4cm root ginger, cut into matchsticks
- 3 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 450g rump steak, trimmed and thickly sliced
- 2 bunches of spring onions, cut into 5cm lengths
- 100g sugar snaps
- 2 tbsp kicap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce)
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- juice of 1 lime
- 10g toasted sesame seeds
- cooked white rice, to serve
Step by step
Waste not
Kicap (or kecap) manis is sweeter and thicker than regular soy sauce. It’s often used as a dipping sauce, in marinades, or to add flavour to soups and stews, as well as stir-fries. Once opened, it keeps for months in the fridge.
- Heat the sesame oil in a large frying pan or wok over a medium heat and gently stir-fry the ginger, garlic and chilli for 2-3 minutes. Increase the heat, add the steak strips and cook for 1-2 minutes until just seared and then add the spring onions and sugar snaps. Continue to stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.
- Whisk together the kicap manis, soy sauce and lime juice and add to the pan. Continue to cook, tossing everything in the sauce for 2-3 minutes. Scatter over the toasted sesame seeds and serve with rice.
