Kelis’ Pineapple Beef

Ingredients

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Ingredients

  •   3 rib-eye steaks, frozen and sliced
  •   5 mm thick
  •   2.5 tsp sea salt
  •   3 tsp black pepper
  • g unsalted butter or ghee
  •   1 tbsp chilli oil
  •   1/2 large yellow onion, roughlychopped
  •   1 pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into 2.5cm chunks
  •   1 tsp curry powder
  •   1 green pepper,cored, deseeded and roughly chopped
  •   3 tbsp soy sauce
  •   1 tablespoonpeeled, finelygrated fresh ginger
  • g fresh coriander, chopped
  •   3 garlic cloves, very finely chopped
  •   1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • ml pineapple juice
  •   2 tbsp demerara sugar
  • g sugar snap peas or mangetout, strings removed
  •   4 spring onions,thinly sliced on the bias (white and green parts)
  • g Steamed white or brown rice for serving

Method

  • 1

    Step 1

    Season the steaks with 2 teaspoons of the salt and 1 teaspoon of the pepper and set aside.
  • 2

    Step 2

    Melt the butter with the chilli oil in a large sauté pan over a medium-high heat. Add the onion, season with the remaining ½ teaspoon salt and sauté, stirring often, for about 5 minutes until it begins to soften.
  • 3

    Step 3

    Toss in the pineapple, green pepper, ginger, garlic, cumin and curry powder and cook for about 5 minutes until the pepper softens.
  • 4

    Step 4

    Stir in the pineapple juice, soy sauce and sugar. Bring to a simmer and cook for about2 minutes to thicken the sauce.
  • 5

    Step 5

    Increase the heat to high, add the steak and cook for about 1 minute. Stir in the peas and spring onions and cook for about 2minutes to warm them through and take off the raw edge.
  • 6

    Step 6

    Turn off the heat and stir in the coriander. Serve with white or brown rice.

Ingredients

  • 3 rib-eye steaks, frozen and sliced
  • 5 mm thick
  • 2.5 tsp sea salt
  • 3 tsp black pepper
  • 23 g unsalted butter or ghee
  • 1 tbsp chilli oil
  • 1/2 large yellow onion, roughlychopped
  • 1 pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into 2.5cm chunks
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 1 green pepper,cored, deseeded and roughly chopped
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoonpeeled, finelygrated fresh ginger
  • 10 g fresh coriander, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, very finely chopped
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 120 ml pineapple juice
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar
  • 225 g sugar snap peas or mangetout, strings removed
  • 4 spring onions,thinly sliced on the bias (white and green parts)
  • g Steamed white or brown rice for serving