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Barbecued beef

 

Steamed chicken
 
  • 500 GRAM BEEF FILLET, sliced very thinly
  • 6 TBSP SOY SAUCE
  • 2 TBSP SESAME SEED
  • 2 CLOVES GARLIC, mashed
  • 4 GREEN ONIONS, chopped
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  • 500 GRAM CHICKEN BREAST
  • PIECE OF GINGERROOT, chopped finely
  • JUICE OF 1 LEMON
  • 100 GRAM MIRIN (SAKE FOR COOKING)
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Mix the soy sauce with the sesame seed, the garlic and the onions and marinate the beef 2 hours in this mixture. Heat a grill pan or frying pan and fry the beef 30 seconds on each side. Decorate with green onions.

Mix the lemon juice with the mirin, the ginger and pepper and salt to taste and marinate the chicken a few hours. Put a [piece of waxed paper in a steamer, put the chicken breast on the paper and steam for 20 minutes.

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