Grilled Beef Rolls with Enoki Mushrooms

I first saw Beef Rolls with Enoki Mushrooms on Sakae Sushi's menu. Decided to experiment and come up with my own version. But for some reasons, my version look similar to vegetable rolls as shown below. 奇怪了。

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The beef rolls that I saw on Sakae's menu, it looks like the sliced beef are cooked with boiling water. But I am grilling mine as I like the slightly charred taste.

Ingredients
10 pieces of thinly sliced beef
1 packet of enoki mushrooms
Carrot (cut into shreds, about 3" long) - 10 pieces
Spring onions (cut into about 3" long) - 10 pieces
Teriyaki Sauce

Preparation
Cook enoki mushrooms in boiling water for 10 seconds.
Drain, divide the mushrooms into 10 small bundles and set aside.
Cook the carrots in boiling water for a minute.
Remove from heat and drain.
Wrap a piece of carrot and spring onion together with a small bundle of enoki mushrooms using a piece of sliced beef.
Repeat procedure until all the beef, carrots and spring onions are used up.
Grill the beef rolls in an oiled pan with the flaps facing down.
Remove from heat when the beef rolls are cooked.
Add 5 tablespoons of teriyaki sauce into the pan.
Bring to a boil and pour the sauce over the beef rolls.
Serve hot.

Stir-fry Beef with Oyster Sauce

Ingredients

450g of beef (sliced thinly)
3 tablespoons of oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of light soya sauce
1 tablespoon of shaoxing wine
2 teaspoons of sesame oil
2 teaspoons of cornflour
Spring onions (chopped)

Preparation
Marinate the beef with soya sauce, sesame oil, shaoxing wine and cornflour for 20 minutes or more.
Stir fry the beef slices till slightly browned.
Add in the oyster sauce and mix well.
Garnish with spring onions and serve hot.

Stir-fry Beef with Ginger & Spring Onion

This recipe is all about speed. Take too much time and the beef gets overcooked.

The first time I was trying out this recipe, I was very jittery at the stove. Nearly knocked the bowls and ingredients over. My first attempt resulted in rubbery beef. But after several practices, now it takes about 7 minutes to complete the dish with the beef just cooked.

Ingredients
200g of beef (thinly sliced)
25g of ginger (sliced)
1-2 stalks of spring onions (cut into length of about 3" long)
2 tablespoons of oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 cap of shaoxing wine

Preparation
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan.
Pan fry the ginger slices till edges start to brown or fragrant.
Add in the beef and stir fry till semi-cooked.
Toss in the spring onions.
Add in oyster sauce and sugar.
Using medium high heat, stir fry everything and add in shaoxing wine.
Turn heat off when beef is cooked.
Serve hot.

* Substitute beef with pig liver and you get - Stir-fry Pig Liver with Ginger & Spring Onion.

Sirloin Steak served with Mashed Potatoes & Veggies

Ingredients
2 sirloin steaks
1/2 a broccoli
1/2 a carrot (with skin removed and sliced)
200g of potatoes (skin removed)
1 tablespoon of butter
10ml of low-fat milk
1/2 a chicken stock cube
Dark soya sauce
Salt
Pepper
Grounded black pepper
Cornstarch

Preparation
Veggies
Toss broccoli and carrot into boiling water and cook for about 3-4 minutes.
Remove from heat and drain away excess water.

Mashed potatoes
Cook the potatoes in boiling water for at least 20 minutes or till they turn soft.
Remove from heat and set aside to drain away excess water.
Mash up the potatoes and return them to the pot.
Using low heat, add in the butter and milk.
Blend thoroughly until butter has been fully dissolved.
Add in salt and pepper to taste.

Steak
Rub the steaks with salt and black pepper before grilling.
Remove from heat when cooked. (depending on how you like it. I prefer mine to be medium well. ;))

Gravy (for mashed potatoes)
Dissolve the chicken cube in 300ml of boiling water.
Add a dash of black pepper and few drops of dark soya sauce for the color.
Pour in the cornstarch slowly to thicken the sauce.