Elephant Walks Loc Lac (cambodian Beef With Lime Dipping Sauce)

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 pinches kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons soybean oil
• 2 lbs beef tenderloin or 2 lbs sirloin, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
• 3 tablespoons soybean oil or 3 tablespoons any vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 4 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
• 1/3 cup mushroom soy sauce
• 15 -20 young lettuce leaves, for garnish
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced scallion top, for garnish
• jasmine rice, for serving

Recipe

• 1 marinade:.
• 2 combine ingredients for marinade in a baking dish or shallow bowl.
• 3 marinate the beef and let sit for 15 minutes to 1 hour at room temperature, or overnight in the refrigerator.
• 4 meanwhile, make lime dipping sauce:
• 5 stir sugar and salt into the lime juice until well dissolved. add the rest of the
• 6 ingredients and mix well. set aside at room temperature until ready to serve.
• 7 saute:.
• 8 heat up a large saute pan or small wok until hot; very high heat is required so
• 9 that the meat will cook quickly without bleeding out too much juice.
• 10 add soybean oil, sugar, garlic, and black peeper and stir to caramelize for 30 seconds, being careful not to burn the garlic and black pepper.
• 11 add marinated beef and stir very quickly over very high heat for 2 minutes. add mushroom soy sauce and stir to cook
• 12 for another 2 minutes or so. cook the beef to desired doneness; it's best served
• 13 medium-rare to medium.
• 14 garnish a large plate with the young lettuce leaves. plate the loc lac beef in the middle. sprinkle with scallion greens. serve with jasmine rice and lime dipping
• 15 sauce on the side.