Easy Crispy chilli beef
Easy crispy chilli beef, bursting with Chinese flavours, so easy to make
Servings 2
Calories 494kcal
Ingredients
- 200 g Sirloin or Rump steak
- 3 tablespoons Corn Flour
- 2 teaspoons Chinese 5 Spice
- 80 ml Sunflower oil
- Salt & Black pepper
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- Thumb size piece ginger grated
- 4 mushrooms thinly sliced
- 1 Yellow pepper seeds removed
- 1/2 Red pepper seeds removed
- 6 Spring onions chopped (green ends for garnish)
- 1/2 red chilli finely chopped
- 4 tablespoons Rice Wine Vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
- 2 tablespoons Sweet Chilli Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
- Egg Noodles - cooked
Instructions
- Slice your steak into very thin strips, approx 1/2cm in diameter, length doesn't matter
- In a separate bowl, mix your cornflour, salt, pepper and 5 spice in a bowl
- Pop the steak into the cornflour mix and coat the strips
- Heat 100ml oil in a frying pan until hot, drop the beef in a fry until golden (looks a bit weird) this will take about 5 minutes or so
- Cook your noodles or rice at this stage
- Once the beef is golden - lift out and place on kitchen roll and pop on one side
- Then tip oil out of frying pan and add 1 tsp oil backing the pan. Add the chopped garlic, ginger, chilli and fry for 2 mins, then add spring onions, peppers and mushrooms, fry for approx 2 mins until soft
- Mix rice wine vinegar in bowl with soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce, ketchup and approx. 1 tbsp water, stir
- Tip this mix into frying pan and heat for 2 minutes, it should be bubbling.
- Throw in the beef and heat for 1 minute
- Finally Serve - put noodles or rice on plate and beef mix on top, finish with chopped spring onion
Notes
*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide
Nutrition
Calories: 494kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 31g | Sodium: 756mg | Potassium: 593mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 1675IU | Vitamin C: 189mg | Calcium: 73mg | Iron: 3mg