Lamb with oyster sauce
Chinese food made at home with this Szechwan (Szechuan or Sichuan) style lamb dish.
Lamb with oyster sauce | |
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Servings: | Serves 4 |
Calories per serving: | 372 |
Ready in: | 1 hour |
Prep. time: | 10 minutes |
Cook time: | 50 minutes |
Difficulty: | |
Recipe author: | Chef |
First published: | 31st January 2013 |
Best recipe reviewit's the oyster sauce what does it! 4/5 Oyster sauce - odd stuff, and a strange accompaniment to any bovine meat, but it works astonishingly well with it. |
Ingredients
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- 2 tablespoons groundnut oil
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 slice ginger, finely chopped
- 450 g (1 lb) lean lamb, cut into ½" thick medallions and flattened under a large knife
- 250 ml (8 fl oz) chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice wine or dry sherry
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Method
- In a wok on a medium heat, fry the garlic and ginger until brown but don't allow it to burn
- Add the lamb pieces and fry until browned, about 3 minutes
- Mix in the stock, sherry, oyster sauce and sugar and bring to the boil
- Cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring now and then until the meat is cooked
- Remove the cover and bring to the boil, stirring continuously to reduce and thicken the sauce
- Arrange on a serving dish
Serving suggestions
Variations
Probably not authentic, but for a bit of colour and extra flavour add a handful of cherry tomatoes and some sliced green peppers during the last 10 minutes of cooking.
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