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Meat and Tomato Stir Fry

Quick and easy meat stir fry with onions. peppers and chilli

Course Main Course
Cuisine Lebanese, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern
Keyword Healthy, Quick and Easy, Stir Fry
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Author Zaatar and Zaytoun

Ingredients

  • 500 g meat fillet lamb or beef

Spices

  • tiny pinch 7 spice
  • tiny pinch turmeric
  • small pinch paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Vegetables

  • 1 large onion or 2 small sliced into strips
  • 1 bell pepper any colour, chopped
  • ½ thai chilli finely chopped
  • small handful plum tomatoes or 3 tomatoes

Other

  • neutral oil
  • salt to taste approx ½ teaspoon in total

Instructions

  1. Slice your onions and peppers into strips, finely chop the chilli
  2. Chop up the meat fillet using a sharp knife into bitesized pieces around 2-3cm wide and add the spices and a sprinkle of salt. Set aside
  3. Heat up a cast iron pan or wok, add a good drizzle of neutral oil and sauté the onions on high heat till they char a little on the edges
  4. The add the peppers and sauté for another few minutes before adding the meat, stirring all the time for another five minutes or so
  5. Finally add the chilli and tomato and sauté for another 5-10 minutes until the tomatoes start to soften
  6. Taste and adjust the seasoning as necessary before turning off the heat

  7. You can finish off the dish in a preheated oven at 180C (350F) for 10 minutes (optional)

  8. Serve with thin Lebanese flatbreads