It’s Immaculate Concepcion Day, a holiday for many schools, including Alex’s which is not even a Catholic school. Go figure. Anyway, it means no one got up early and there wasn’t much time to prepare lunch. I thawed a pack of beef and by the time the ice had melted, I had about 15 minutes to turn it into a cooked dish.
This beef, asparagus and corn stir fry requires a preparation time of five minutes and another five minutes to cook. No kidding. If it weren’t for the photo op, I probably would have finished the dish in eight minutes.
Ingredients
- 200 g. of thinly sliced beef (I used top round), cut into strips
1 onion, thinly sliced
3 cloves of garlic, chopped
150 g. of baby asparagus, cut into 2-inch lengths
1/2 c. of drained corn kernels
2 to 3 tbsps. of light soy sauce (I used Kikkoman)
2 tbsps. of oyster sauce
2 tbsps. of vegetable cooking oil
freshly ground black pepper
drizzle of sesame seed oil
Instructions
Heat the cooking oil in a pan. Add the beef and cook over high heat, stirring to separate the strips, until the beef changes color.
Add the sliced onion and chopped garlic. Pour in the soy sauce. Sprinkle with black pepper. Stir. Cook for 30 seconds.
Throw in the asparagus. Stir and cook for about a minute.
Add the corn kernels. Stir. Cook for 30
minutesseconds or until the corn is heated through.
Pour in the oyster sauce. Stir to blend.
Turn off the heat. Drizzle the sesame seed oil and stir.
Transfer to platter or shallow bowl and serve immediately.
Best with hot rice.
Cooking time (duration): 10 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 4
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Stir fry is the way to go whenever in a hurry. This is usually what I cook for lunch as I bring lunch to work. Asparagus is cheap here in GenSan, like 50 pesos for one big bunch, good enough for one week for one person.
Since living alone, the meat cuts I buy are usually sukiyaki cut for easy cooking. Kaya minsan nakakamiss din magluto ng liempo or buto-buto.
I think you have a typo there after adding the corn kernels. I assume it should be 3 minutes? since you said that everything will be done in 5 minutes. I’ll try this with my sukiyaki cut.
It’s 30 seconds, actually. Thanks for the note.
Hi Ms. Connie,
My husband doesn’t eat asparagus (well, most veggies, I should say). Any suggestion what’s good to go with the corn?
Thanks!
Mushrooms
i’m not that much of a beef eater but if it will just take me 10 minutes to cook it, i just might try this.
your site is a good find! i just got married. I now have some references on what dishes to cook for me and my hubby.
keep it up.
hi there.. i really don’t cook but i tried… can you help please where to start? i don’t have time to attend culinary school coz im working and a mother to be… thanks.. im starting to get interested to your dishes. thanks for the blog…
Browse the archive, find a recipe that’s within your comfort zone and cook the dish. There’s really no other way to learn how to cook except by doing it.
Thanks for the recipe, Connie! I made this last night. I wasn’t able to buy the asparagus so I substituted it with mushrooms as you suggested. Yummy!
Hi Ms. Connie. I’ve been following your blog for a while, but it’s only now I am able to say thank you for the great recipes and helpful tips. I love your blog! Home cooking really rocks. =)
Thank you, Renn.