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Beef Lok Lak (Cambodian Recipe)

At a Glance

Prep
15 minutes
Cook
5 minutes
Total
20 minutes
Servings
2 serving(s)

Categories

  • Main Course
  • Cambodian
  • Stir-fry
  • Easy
  • Vegetable

Allergens

  • Soy
  • Fish
  • Shellfish

Servings & Nutrition

Original recipe serves 2. Current scale: 1x.

Calories 281.9 per serving 563.8 for selected servings
Fat 14.2g per serving 28.4g for selected servings
Sugar 25.6g per serving 51.2g for selected servings
Protein 6.8g per serving 13.6g for selected servings
Carbohydrates 36.3g per serving 72.6g for selected servings

I ate lots of Lok Lak on a recent holiday to Cambodia. It's similar to Vietnamese Shaking Beef although the Cambodians don't like to admit that. In Cambodia it might come with chips (fries) and a fried egg or rice-I liked the rice option. You eat it by wrapping portions of the meat and salad ingredients in a lettuce leaf, then dipping that in the dipping sauce (the best part of it I reckon). Sometimes the meat is sliced, sometimes it's cubed-I prefer slices. Semi ripe tomatoes are preferred to ripe ones, but use what you have!

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Equipment

Large bowl, small bowl, wok, serving plates

Ingredients

  • 300 g beef steaks, sliced (best you can afford)
  • 1/4 cup light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon tomato sauce (ketchup)
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon fish sauce
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 small tomatoes, sliced
  • 1 cucumber, peeled and finely sliced
  • 1/2 small red onion, finely sliced
  • lettuce, iceberg or romaine leaf
  • juice of a lime
  • 2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt or 1 teaspoon fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, mix beef with soy sauce, oyster sauce, tomato sauce sugar, fish sauce and ground black pepper and garlic. Marinate at least 20 minutes or up to one hour.

  2. Make dipping sauce, combine ingredients in a small bowl-set aside.

  3. Decorate two dinner plates with sliced tomatoes, cucumber and onion. Set aside.

  4. Place the lettuce leaves on a seperate platter.

  5. Heat oil in a wok over a high heat and stir-fry beef until cooked. Divide between the two dinner plates.

  6. See intro for how to eat.

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