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.
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
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.
Make dipping sauce, combine ingredients in a small bowl-set aside.
Decorate two dinner plates with sliced tomatoes, cucumber and onion. Set aside.
Place the lettuce leaves on a seperate platter.
Heat oil in a wok over a high heat and stir-fry beef until cooked. Divide between the two dinner plates.
See intro for how to eat.
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