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Beef Lok Lak (recipe)

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Beef Lok Lak (recipe)
DishBeef Lok Lak
Recipe languageEnglish
Adapted fromChef Nak, NHUM: Recipes from a Cambodian Home Kitchen
InstructionsRecipe available
Yield6 to 8 servings
Preparation time20 minutes
Cooking time25 minutes
SubjectsFood & Foodways
Creator pagesChef Nak

Beef tenderloin marinated in palm sugar, oyster and soy sauces, seared with garlic and served with a Kampot pepper, salt and lime dip.

This page records one documented preparation of Beef Lok Lak, summarised from a published recipe. (Chef Nak)

Ingredients

  • 1 kg beef tenderloin
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1.5 tbsp palm sugar
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1.5 tbsp sesame oil
  • 500 g lettuce
  • 400 g ripe tomatoes
  • 200 g onion
  • 4 eggs
  • 1.5 tbsp sea salt, for the dip
  • 1 tbsp Kampot pepper
  • 5 tbsp lime juice

Preparation

  1. Fry the eggs sunny side up and set them aside.
  2. Chop the garlic, wash the lettuce and slice the onion and tomatoes.
  3. Cube the beef and marinate it with the palm sugar, salt, cooking wine, oyster sauce, soy sauce and sesame oil.
  4. Brown the garlic in hot oil, add the beef with its marinade and cook five to seven minutes.
  5. Dry-roast the Kampot peppercorns two to three minutes, then grind them.
  6. Stir the ground pepper with sea salt and lime juice to make the dipping sauce.
  7. Layer lettuce, tomato and onion on a serving plate.
  8. Top with the beef and eggs and serve with the dip and steamed rice.

Sources and reuse information

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