{"id":33284,"title":"Stir-Fried Beef with Ginger and Spring Onions","modified":"2025-06-16T08:35:18+02:00","plain":"A delicious Malaysian beef stir-fry with ginger and spring onions\n\n\n\nJust like the Malaysian fried pork and chicken with ginger and spring onions, this simple Asian dish traces its roots to Malaysia's Chinese diaspora. You will also find a similar version in classic Cantonese cuisine.\n\n\n\nMy Hakka pork recipe, a Malaysian fried pork belly dish\n\n\n\nDai chow cuisine\n\n\n\nIn Malaysia this dish belongs to what is known as \"dai chow\" cuisine, a Cantonese term that literally means \"big fry\". The category covers a vast array of dishes you can order, from simple stir-fried vegetables to slow-simmered soups, meats, seafood, steamed fish, and more.\n\n\n\nStir-fried beef with pineapple is a staple in these eateries\n\n\n\nTraditionally, Chinese families visited dai chow restaurants when cooking for the whole household felt like too much work. The format echoes a home meal, with several dishes placed in the centre of the table to share alongside rice.\n\n\n\nThanks to Malaysia's cultural diversity, these restaurants now draw a far wider clientele. If you travel to Kuala Lumpur, you will almost certainly run into one.\n\n\n\nKey ingredients for Malaysian stir-fried beef with ginger and spring onions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLight soy sauce: Do not confuse it with dark soy sauce; this is the standard salty soy sauce you find in most stores\n\n\n\nOyster sauce: Adds a wonderful salty, umami depth to the dish\n\n\n\nSesame oil: Lends a delicious nutty aroma to the dish\n\n\n\nShaoxing wine: Classic Chinese rice wine; if unavailable, replace it with dry sherry\n\n\n\nThe beef: Choose a quick-cooking cut such as rib-eye or sirloin\n\n\n\n\n\n\tStir-Fried Beef with Ginger and Scallions\n\t\t\n\t\tA delicious Malaysian beef stir-fry with ginger and scallions\t\n\t\n\t\tWok\t\n\t\n\t\t300 g beef (very thinly sliced)30 g ginger (thinly sliced)3 scallions (white parts cut into segments)5 cloves garlic (minced)0.5 onion (cut into wedges)Marinade1 tablespoon light soy sauce1 tablespoon oyster sauce1 teaspoon sesame oilwhite pepper1.5 tablespoon cornstarchSauce1 tablespoon light soy sauce1 tablespoon oyster sauce3 tablespoons Shaoxing winewhite pepper30 ml waterGarnish3 scallions (green parts thinly sliced)\t\n\t\n\t\tIn a bowl, mix the marinade (except the starch) with the meatNext, add the cornstarch and mix to coat the meat.Let marinate for 15 minutes.Combine the sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.Heat a little oil in a wok over medium-high heat and stir-fry the beef for 1 minute. Set aside.In the same wok over medium-high heat, saut\u00e9 the ginger until golden.Add the garlic, the white parts of the scallions, and the onion.Stir-fry until they are tender, then return the beef to the pan.Pour the sauce into the pan and simmer until it thickens slightly.Add the green parts of the scallions, remove from the heat, toss, and serve immediately over rice.\t\n\t\n\t\tWait until the wok is very hot before searing the meat\n\t\n\t\n\t\tMain courseMalaysian","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}