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Lok Lak

Name: Lok Lak
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Cambodia
Ingredients: 400g Beef; 3 cloves Garlic; 2 tbsp Oyster sauce; 1 tbsp Soy Sauce; 2 tsp Sugar; 2 tsp Black Pepper; 1 Lime; 1/2 tsp Salt; 4 Lettuce; 1 Tomato; 1/2 Onion; 4 Egg; To taste Cooked rice; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Main Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Cubed beef stir-fried sweet and savory and dipped in black pepper–lime sauce — a favorite Cambodian dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Lok lak is cubed beef quickly stir-fried with oyster sauce and soy sauce and served on lettuce, tomato, and onion. Kampot in southern Cambodia is known for fine black pepper, and the rule is to dip the meat in tuk meric, a sauce of pepper, lime juice, and salt. It's often served with a fried egg and rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At an eatery in Phnom Penh, a small dish of pepper-lime sauce sits beside a steaming plate of lok lak as each piece of meat is dipped and eaten.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef 400g
Garlic 3 cloves
Oyster sauce 2 tbsp
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp
Sugar 2 tsp
Black Pepper 2 tsp
Lime 1
Salt 1/2 tsp
Lettuce 4
Tomato 1
Onion 1/2
Egg 4
Cooked rice To taste
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into 2cm cubes and marinate 15 minutes with the oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and chopped garlic.
Line plates with lettuce and sliced tomato and onion.
Heat oil in a frying pan over high heat, spread the beef out to sear, and stir-fry quickly.
Fry the eggs in another pan.
Place the beef on the vegetables and serve with the fried egg and rice.
Squeeze the lime and mix with pepper and salt to make the dipping sauce, served in a small dish.

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