Skewered Beef With Cabbage And Water Chestnuts

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 (4 1/2 ounce) lean beef steak fillets
• 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons chinese five spice powder
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 tablespoon clear honey
• 1 green cabbage
• 8 ounces water chestnuts, drained
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 cut steaks into thin strips. in a bowl combine the soy sauce, chinese five spice, garlic, honey and seasoning. add the beef, cover and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
• 2 remove 18 large outer leaves from the cabbage. in a pan of boiling water, blanch these leaves for 1-2 minutes, then drain and plunge into a bowl of cold water.
• 3 thread a strip of beef a long metal or wooden skewer. fold a blanched cabbage leaf into three and tuck a water chestnut in the cavity. push the skewer through the cabbage and water chestnut parcel. alternate with more beef and cabbage parcels. repeat to make 6 skewers.
• 4 cook over a prepared barbecue or under a preheated broiler for 10 minutes, turning once and basting with any remaining marinade.
• 5 scatter with sesame seeds and serve with rice noodles.