Cooking with Wayne

Being home alone today, I decided to jump into the vacant kitchen and have a go at cooking. It pays to know how to make at least a couple of meals and it's something I am interested in developing. There are many people out there who don't believe I should even set foot in the kitchen and sometimes I agree with them, but that doesn't mean I can't give it a go every now and then. As I said before, it pays to know at least a few meals for times like today. Today's meal was Beef and Vegetable Stir Fry. I didn't know exactly what to add, so I checked online and pinched a few ideas from a few recipes and had a go at making my own.


Beef and Vegetable Stir Fry

Ingredients used:
Beef Steak
Red Capsicum
Onion
Garlic
Coriander
Baby Corn
Snow Peas
Soy Sauce
Hoi Sin Sauce
Hokkien Noodles


The beef was difficult to slice. I could have bought it pre-sliced, but thought it would be fun to do it myself. I didn't realise we have no sharp knives at home, so I had to cut it with scissors. This took much longer than I expected, which was a problem since I already started browning the onion. I decided to use a combination of soy and hoi sin sauces. Hoi sin sauce is commonly used as a dipping sauce for rice paper rolls, I love it. I was a little tired of using soy by itself, so I mixed it together. A little big strong at the end, but not too bad. Perhaps I will leave the hoi sin sauce for the rice paper rolls next time. I added crushed garlic, red capsicum, baby corn, snow peas and coriander once the meat was cooked, but only for a short amount of time, in order to retain the fresh crisp taste. Boil the hokkien noodles for a minute to warm them up and wha-la, beef stir fry on hokkien noodles.

Lessons learned:

Prepare your food before you begin cooking.

Have sharp knives in the kitchen.

Tip:
Clean as you go. It lets you enjoy eating without worrying about cleaning the dishes afterwards.