Recipe: Pattaya Style Chilli Fried Beef

Pattaya Style Chilli Fried Beef Recipe

Ingredients
500g - beef tenderloin, finely sliced
3 Tbsp - Peanut Oil
3 Tbsp - Fish sauce
2 Tbsp - Oyster sauce
1 Tbsp - Sugar
1 tsp - corn flour (cornstarch) mixed with 1 Tbsp water.
1 - Onion; peeled and sliced in rounds
¼ - green capsicum (bell pepper); diced
¼ - red capsicum (bell pepper); diced
10 - dried shiitake mushroom; soaked in water and finely sliced
140g - canned sour bamboo shoots; sliced
a handful of basil leaves

Spice Paste
6 - red chillies
10 - bird's eye chillies
3 - cloves garlic; peeled

Method
Combine all spice paste ingredients in a blender, well mixed and blend until smooth.
Heat 1 tbsp oil and fry spice paste until fragrant.
Add mushrooms and stir fry until soft.
Add in beef, oyster sauce, sugar and fish sauce. Stir-fry for another 3 to 5 minutes.
Add onion, capsicums, bamboo shoots and basil leaves. Pour in corn flour mixture and stir for a few minutes.
Garnish with spring onion and serve immediately with rice.