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Lok lak
Cubes of beef seared over high heat, on salad, with a dip of lime and black pepper.
4 servings · 40 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 4 servings.
- 600 g Beef sirloin, in three-centimetre cubes
- 2 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce
- 5 clove Garlic
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tsp Ground black pepper
- 3 piece Limes
- 200 g Lettuce
- 3 piece Tomatoes
- 1 piece Cucumber
- 1 piece Red onion
- 4 piece Eggs
- 40 ml Vegetable oil
- to taste Salt
Method
- Marinate the beef in the oyster and soy sauces with garlic, sugar and half the pepper for twenty minutes.
- Mix the lime juice with the remaining pepper and a pinch of salt; that is the dipping sauce.
- Arrange the lettuce, tomato and cucumber slices and red onion rings on a platter.
- Heat a pan as high as it goes and sear the beef in batches, a minute and a half each, without stirring constantly.
- Fry the eggs, keeping the yolks runny.
- Pile the beef on the vegetables, top with the eggs and give everyone their own small bowl of the dip.
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