Beef fried with shiitake mushrooms and vegetables

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Soak dried shiitake in warm water for about 1 hour. Mushrooms should swell and become soft.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut beef into thin plates and then cut into large cubes. I usually use thigh flesh.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cut carrots into thin strips and then cut into large pieces.

4. Step 4:

   

   Cut the onion into thin half rings.

5. Step 5:

   

   Crush the garlic clove with a knife and then chop finely.

6. Step 6:

   

   Drain the water and squeeze out the mushrooms. Then cut the mushrooms into thin slices.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add one tablespoon of corn starch to the chicken broth and mix well until smooth. If there is no corn starch, then potato starch can be used. This time there was no chicken broth at hand, so I used a broth cube. :)

8. Step 8:

   

   Preheat the pan over high heat and add one tablespoon of sesame oil (you can use sunflower oil if there is no sesame oil). Put the sliced beef in a frying pan and fry for two minutes.

10. Step 9:

    

    Then add finely chopped garlic to the beef and fry for about one minute.

11. Step 10:

    

    After that, add shiitake to the pan and fry everything on high heat for about two to three minutes.

12. Step 11:

    

    Spread the onion and carrot and fry, stirring occasionally for two to three minutes.

13. Step 12:

    

    Pour in the soy sauce and mix. Then add salt and pepper to taste and mix. Be careful with salt, as there is soy sauce in the recipe, and besides, if you bred chicken broth from a cube, then you need a minimum amount of salt or you won't need it at all. If you have used a broth cube to make broth, it is better to add salt somewhere towards the end of cooking to first taste the dish and decide whether salt is needed.

14. Step 13:

    

    Pour in chicken broth mixed with corn starch, mix lightly.

15. Step 14:

    

    Reduce the heat to low and cook for another five to seven minutes until the broth thickens. You can keep it on the fire longer, see how you like it more - the longer we keep it on the fire, the less broth (gravy).

16. Step 15:

    

    We serve the finished dish with boiled rice.