Filed under Beef
I also used some of the shiso oil I made for a beef stir-fry dish. It’s the oil that keeps on giving!
Ingredients:
1 pound beef flank steak, cut against the grain in strips
enoki mushrooms
baby bok choy
shiso oil
soy sauce
1 medium onion, roughly chopped
1. Marinate beef. In a bowl, combine beef, shiso oil, soy sauce and onions. Mix and let sit for at least 20 minutes.
2. When ready to cook, heat a large skillet and stir-fry marinated beef for 6 minutes. Add vegetables after the first 3 minutes. Serve immediately.
Related post/s:
Homemade shiso oil
Where to buy fresh shiso leaves
Shiso-wrapped tempura prawns
Filed under Shellfish
For this recipe, I made my own shiso oil to drizzle the prawns with after flash-frying them, but I also used the leaves to wrap them. A toothpick can hold the leaf in place but I ended up using one of the prawn’s harder feelers as a replacement.
Ingredients:
5 prawns, peeled but with heads intact, deveined, feelers and arms chopped
5 shiso leaves
shiso oil
rice flour
club soda
red pepper flakes
lime
salt, oil
1. Wrap each prawn with a shiso leaf. Use a toothpick to keep the shiso leaf in place.
2. Make batter. In a shallow bowl, combine flour, red pepper flakes and salt. Drizzle club soda slowly and mix until it has that pancake batter consistency. Cover each prawn with batter.
3. In a skillet, heat some oil and flash-fry for about 4 minutes, turning each prawn gently with tongs after two minutes. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate and squeeze with lime juice. Serve immediately.
Related post/s:
Homemade shiso oil
Where to buy fresh shiso leaves
Shiso-marinated beef stir-fry
