Friday, 4 April 2025

recipe: fennel & celeriac stir fry w/ Mongolian beef

influences from chinese orange beef mixed w/ seasonal fennel, celeriac & onions flavoured w/ lemon grass, ginger, chilli, garlic & fennel fronds
This was such a good bit of improv I had to write it down immediately & post it for reference!
Hope you enjoy it as much as we did if you try it! : )

fennel & celeriac stirfry w mongolian beef
influences from chinese orange beef mixed w/ seasonal fennel, celeriac & onions flavoured w/ lemon grass, ginger, chilli, garlic & fennel fronds
IngredientsMakes: 1260g (3)
210gbeef flank / skirt / frying / rump steak
4gsoy sauce
15gveg oil
40gcornflour
130ghotdog onions(recipe below)
6gveg oil
30gshiitake mushrooms
1gsalt
100gceleriac
180gfennel bulb
20gfennel stalks
45gcarrots
45gmange tout
20g(2)spring onions
60gred pepper
80gtangerine juice
20glemon juice
20glime juice
3gpicked fresh thyme
5gbeef stock cube
20glight brown sugar
200gboiling water
12g(4)minced garlic cloves
12gminced ginger
20g(2)minced lemon grass
30gveg oil
10gsoy sauce
Method
Enough for four if you serve it w/ plain rice / egg fried rice.
I tried to make this TLDR bullet points but it's more whirlwind notes. . .
Bowl
Marinade the beef in soy sauce, oil & half of the cornflour.
Medium Pan
Put the hot dog onions on in the back ground ~25mins chuck the whole mushrooms on top of them - lid on.
Mandolin the celeriac & fennel - cut stalks & fronds off add to rest of veg.
Random slice the rest of the veg - julienne, rounds etc.
Zest & juice the fruit add picked thyme to it. 3g = ~tsp of picked leaves.
Make the brown sugar beef stock using the beef stock cube, light brown sugar & boiling water.
Small pan.
Add another 20g cornflour to the beef, separate the pieces, even coat it and fry off in 2 batches medium heat until crispy turn once.
More on this way of cooking beef here: Mongolian beef in bao buns.
Hot wok.
Add 30g veg oil, coat wok to heat oil & add the garlic, lemon grass & ginger, sizzle 1min.
Add the carrots, fennel stalks, red pepper & celeriac, toss to coat & cook for a couple of mins - keep it moving.
Then add the sliced fennel, season w/ soy sauce & cook for another couple of mins.
Add the remains of the cornflour from the beef ~20g to the citrus juice and stir it in.
Add it and the sweet beef stock to the wok, stir until it's thickenned into a smooth sauce.
Add the mange tout, spring onions, hotdog onions & mushrooms and mix in until they are warmed through.
Mix in the crispy beef and serve immediately either straight from the wok or serve in a warmed bowl!
Optional - not optional for me but hey! - serve w/ a side dish of sliced chilli!

slow cooked thick cut onions - soft & slightly charred
hotdog onions
slow cooked thick cut onions - soft & slightly charred
IngredientsMakes: 240g
50golive oil
15ggarlic
400g(3)onions
Method
Peel the onions, then cut them in half north pole to south & then in thirds.
Keep the thirds in one piece for cooking.
Heat the oil on a medium heat & add the peeled & chopped garlic.
Cook until soft & fragrant.
Add the onions in whole thirds covering the bottom of the pan.
Season, turn the heat down to minimum and place a lid on top.
Cook for about 30mins - checking after 20mins - until they are soft & nicely charred on the bottom.
Carefully turn them over & cook for another 10mins with the lid on.
Put to one side and use when required.

fresh lemon grass minced for cooking
minced lemon grass
fresh lemon grass minced for cooking
IngredientsMakes: 30g
30glemon grass

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