Sous-vide Cantonese-style Beef, Tomato and Onion Stir Fry

Sous-vide Beef

• 2 beef flank steaks (approx. 400 g each, see tip)
• 30 g fresh root ginger peeled, cut in round slices (2 mm)
• 3 garlic cloves
• 40 g dark soy sauce
• 50 g light soy sauce
• 30 g toasted sesame oil
• 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 2 - 3 pinches ground cloves to taste (volitelně)
• 2 star anise
• 1400 g water (approx. or enough to fully submerge bags but not higher than the maximum capacity of the bowl)
• 30 g lemon juice freshly squeezed (see tip)
  nebo 1 tsp ascorbic acid powder
• water cold, for cooling

Stir-fry Vegetables and Assembly

• 50 g water plus 1½ Tbsp for mixing with cornflour
• 2 Tbsp rice wine (see tip)
• 2 Tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 Tbsp cornflour
• 3 Tbsp oil
• 100 g onions halved then sliced in half-moon rings
• 150 g tomatoes cored, quartered
• 150 g peppers red or yellow, cut in pieces (2 cm)
• 1 spring onion thinly sliced (approx. 2 mm), for garnishing
• sesame seeds for garnishing
• jasmine rice for serving (see tip)