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Beef Lok Lak

Lok Lak is a tasty, easy-to-make dish that may be served for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Pan-fry the beef in the marinating sauce and serve on a plate with fresh salad or lettuce, sliced tomato, cucumber slices, and thinly sliced onion with fried eggs. It's always eaten with a ground black pepper lime sauce.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian, Cambodian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Pepper Lime Sauce:
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp minced garlic
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 1 tbsp Lok Lak sauce ( from stir-fry )
  • 1 tbsp water
Stir-fry
  • 500 g beef (tenderloin)
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 5 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp chicken flavour soup base mix
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp ketchup
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • 100 ml water

Method
 

Pepper Lime Sauce:
  1. Combine ground black pepper, minced garlic, salt, sugar, lime juice, Lok Lak sauce, and water in a small mixing bowl and stir well.
Stir-Fry:
  1. Cut the beef into cubes or thinly slice, depending on how you like it.
  2. Place a non-stick frying pan or a wok over medium hight heat, add olive oil, and minced garlic then stir until golden.
  3. Add beef cubes, sugar, salt, ground black pepper, chicken flavour soup base mix, soy sauce, oyster sauce, ketchup, fish sauce, and stir to combine
  4. Add water and stir until the beef is mostly cooked all over, then remove it from the heat.
  5. NOTE: if you prefer cooked onion, it is the right time to add thinly sliced onion and stir fry with the beef; otherwise, place the thinly slice onion together with lettuce, cucumber, and tomato.
  6. Place the stir-fried beef lok lak on a serving plate with lettuce, sliced cucumber, and sliced tomato.
  7. Optional, pan-fry 1-2 eggs to you liking, and place on top of the beef lok lak.
  8. Serve with rice and pepper lime sauce.
  9. Enjoy!