What you'll need

Serves 2 (meals)

• 350g lean beef strips
• 4 spring onions, cut into 3cm pieces
• 3cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce)
• ½ long red chilli, deseeded and sliced
• 150g snow peas, trimmed
• ¼ cup fresh coriander leaves

The easy bit

1. Combine the beef, spring onions, ginger, garlic, five-spice powder and 1 teaspoon of the sesame oil in a bowl.
2. Set aside for 15 minutes to marinate.
3. Meanwhile, mix together the oyster sauce, kecap manis and chilli in a small bowl and set aside.
4. Heat the remaining sesame oil in a wok, add the beef mixture and stir-fry for 3 minutes or until browned.
5. Add the snow peas and stir-fry for 2 minutes or until the snow peas are bright green but still crisp.
6. Add the sauce and chilli mixture and stir-fry for 1 minute.
7. Stir through the coriander leaves and serve.

Tip: You can use pork, chicken or tofu in this recipe as an alternative to beef.