Beef Hekka
Normally this is with rice noodles but I didn’t want noodles tonight so it’s going to be over rice. You can make whatever protein you want with this. I just did beef this time because I had it. Traditionally it’s chicken but people use whatever they like.
1/2 lb Thinly sliced beef
3/4 lb Cubed extra firm tofu… Drain well.
Sliced sweet onions … One medium
Sliced or minced green onions … Quarter of a cup. More if you want.
Bean sprouts … Maybe one cup
Sliced bamboo shoots … One small can
4 T Shoyu
4 T Dark shoyu
2 T Ginger … Less if you don’t like it
1 T Garlic
Minced chili peppers to heat level you (optional)
About 2 tablespoons of sugar
Cornstarch slurry to thicken after
Brown / char the meat and the Sweet onions.
Add ginger, garlic, salt, pepper, and minced chilies if you want to use those. Incorporate fully.
Toss in the tofu and mix thoroughly.
Put the bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, minced green onions on top But do not stir in.
Add both types of shoyu and the sugar.
Cover it and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
After the bean sprouts are wilted, stir everything in thoroughly. If there is a lot of liquid, add in the cornstarch slurry in a dribble and stir as you go to thicken.
Traditionally you would have made rice noodles for this and then toss them in but that’s a lot and I didn’t want to do that so I just did regular rice. I do like it with rice noodles but it usually requires a bigger pot
If you do add rice noodles then you actually have to increase the liquids in the recipe because they are going to soak everything up. And you will want to mostly cook the noodles and then let that drain thoroughly before adding them in. You would add them in under the bean sprouts. And then the rest of the steps are the same.
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