Crispy Chilli Beef
This flavorful and aromatic Chinese-style crispy beef recipe will surely impress your taste buds. Thinly sliced minute steak strips are coated in cornflour and Chinese five-spice powder, then quickly fried until golden and crispy. The beef is then tossed with a colorful mix of red pepper, chili, spring onions, garlic, and ginger, before being glazed with a zesty and sweet sauce. Serve this delicious dish over noodles and top it off with crunchy prawn crackers for an extra special touch. Enjoy a tantalizing blend of textures and flavors in every bite!
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 350g thin-cut minute steak , very thinly sliced into strips
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
- 100ml vegetable oil
- 1 red pepper , thinly sliced
- 1 red chilli , thinly sliced
- 4 spring onions , sliced, green and white parts separated
- 2 garlic cloves , crushed
- thumb-sized piece ginger , cut into matchsticks
- 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
- cooked noodles , to serve (optional)
- prawn crackers, to serve (optional)
Instructions
- Put 350g thin-cut minute steak strips in a bowl and toss in 3 tbsp cornflour and 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder.
- Heat 100ml vegetable oil in a wok or large frying pan until hot, then add the beef and fry until golden and crisp.
- Scoop out the beef and drain on kitchen paper. Pour away all but 1 tbsp oil.
- Add 1 thinly sliced red pepper, ½ thinly sliced red chilli, sliced white ends of 4 spring onions, 2 crushed garlic cloves and thumb-sized piece ginger, cut into matchsticks, to the pan. Stir-fry for 3 mins to soften, but don’t let the garlic and ginger burn.
- Mix the 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce and 2 tbsp tomato ketchup in a jug with 2 tbsp water, then pour over the veg.
- Bubble for 2 mins, then add the beef back to the pan and toss well to coat.
- Serve the beef on noodles with prawn crackers, if you like, scattered with the remaining ½ sliced red chilli and sliced green parts of the spring onions.
Cook Time
15M
Prep Time
PT25M
Yield
Serves 3
Nutrition
- Calories: 454 calories
- Fat Content: 23 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 5 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 32 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 15 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 2 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 26 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 2.2 milligram of sodium
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