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Chinese · Summer

Cantonese Tomato Beef

Beef seared, then folded with onion and tomato. Honey only if the tomatoes need it. One tablespoon of avocado oil.

25 minutes · Serves 6 · Enough for 6 plates of rice

Sliced beef with tomato wedges and onion

“For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.”

1 Timothy 4:4

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ lb flank steak or sirloin, sliced thin against the grain
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp avocado oil
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1 lb tomatoes, cut into wedges
  • 2 garlic cloves, sliced
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce, for the pan
  • 1 tsp honey

Method

Making Cantonese Tomato Beef: Toss the beef with the first tablespoon of soy sauce and the cornstarch. Rest 10 minutes.
Toss the beef with the first tablespoon of soy sauce and the cornstarch. Rest 10 minutes.
Making Cantonese Tomato Beef: Lower the heat to medium. Cook the onion 2 minutes. Add the garlic for 15 seconds, then the tomatoes, the…
Lower the heat to medium. Cook the onion 2 minutes. Add the garlic for 15 seconds, then the tomatoes, the…
  1. 1

    Toss the beef with the first tablespoon of soy sauce and the cornstarch. Rest 10 minutes.

  2. 2

    Heat the avocado oil over high heat. Sear the beef in two batches, about 45 seconds a side, until browned and no longer raw. Lift it out.

  3. 3

    Lower the heat to medium. Cook the onion 2 minutes. Add the garlic for 15 seconds, then the tomatoes, the remaining soy sauce, and the honey. Cook until the tomatoes soften and give up some juice, about 3 minutes. They should not collapse into sauce.

  4. 4

    Return the beef and toss 30 seconds. Taste. If it is sharp, it wants a pinch more honey, not a bottle of ketchup. Serve with rice.

From the kitchen

  • A spoon of ketchup is the Hong Kong shortcut. It is not required, and many bottles are mostly sugar. Tomato, soy, and honey are enough.
  • Cut the beef across the grain, the same as the black pepper beef.

My note

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