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Crispy chilli beef

Crispy chilli beef

Prep: 25 min Cook: 15 min 3 servings

Originally from bbcgoodfood.com

Instructions

  1. 1Put 350g thin-cut minute steak strips in a bowl and toss in 3 tbsp cornflour and 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder.
  2. 2Heat 100ml vegetable oil in a wok or large frying pan until hot, then add the beef and fry until golden and crisp.
  3. 3Scoop out the beef and drain on kitchen paper. Pour away all but 1 tbsp oil.
  4. 4Add 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.
  5. 5Mix 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.
  6. 6Bubble for 2 mins, then add the beef back to the pan and toss well to coat.
  7. 7Serve 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.
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