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Stir-fry beef with peanuts and choy sum
Photo: Lily Banse

Stir-fry beef with peanuts and choy sum

25 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Homemade Thai-style curry paste turns this beef curry into something special.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1034
Calories
62g
Protein
70g
Fat
44g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 17 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Beef 100g cooked 250
Peanut 1 oz (28g) 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Lemongrass 1 tbsp (6g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Mace not in our table 0
Galangal not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • ½ tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp coriander seeds
  • 1 blade of mace
  • 11 white peppercorns
  • 10 large red dried chillies
  • 4 shallots (preferably Thai), chopped
  • 2 garlic
  • 1 stem of lemongrass
  • thumb-sized piece of galangal
  • 1 lime
  • 4-5 coriander
  • 1 tsp shrimp paste ( blachan
  • 240ml/8fl oz thick coconut milk
  • 100g/3½oz palm sugar
  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 500g/1lb 2oz thinly sliced beef
  • 5 lime leaves
  • 1 long red chilli
  • 3 tbsp curry paste (from above)
  • handful Thai basil
  • handful mint
  • handful coriander
  • handful roast peanuts
  • 100g/3½oz choy sum
  • 100g/3½oz gai lan (or more choy sum, or bok choi)

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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