Spicy Mint Beef

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons canola oil 
• 1 tablespoon chili paste in soybean oil 
• 0.3 cup fish sauce 
• 1 pound flank steak very thinly sliced
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 cup mint leaves fresh whole
• 1  bell pepper red cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices
• 2  serrano chiles stemmed thinly sliced (such as prik kee noo)
• 3 medium shallots thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons soya sauce black
• 2 tablespoons soya sauce sweet
• 1.5 cups thai basil leaves fresh chopped (or regular basil)
• 4 servings rice white for serving

Equipment

• frying pan

Directions

1. In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
2. Add the garlic and chiles and cook until aromatic, about 30 seconds.
3. Add the steak and cook, stirring frequently, 2 minutes.
4. Add the shallots and bell pepper and cook 1 minute.
5. Add the fish sauce, sweet soy sauce, black soy sauce and chili paste. Bring the mixture to a low simmer and cook, stirring frequently, until the meat is cooked through and the vegetables are tender, about 3 minutes.
6. Remove the skillet from the heat and stir in the basil and mint until wilted.
7. Serve over rice.
8. Photograph by Kat Teutsch