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  • 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)

Nutrition: per serrving

  • kcal454
  • fat23g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs32g
  • sugars15g
  • fibre2g
  • protein26g
  • salt1.38g

Method

  • step 1

    Put 350g thin-cut minute steak strips in a bowl and toss in 3 tbsp cornflour and 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder.

  • step 2

    Heat 100ml vegetable oil in a wok or large frying pan until hot, then add the beef and fry until golden and crisp.

  • step 3

    Scoop out the beef and drain on kitchen paper. Pour away all but 1 tbsp oil.

  • step 4

    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.

  • step 5

    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.

  • step 6

    Bubble for 2 mins, then add the beef back to the pan and toss well to coat.

  • step 7

    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.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2013

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jonhartshorn31615

Needs salt added to the beef seasoning.

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Delicious!!

DottyK8

I had oyster mushrooms to use up … so as delicious as beef would be this also worked amazingly with oyster mushrooms as a beef replacement! I will definitely be using this for my veggie daughter and will be trying w beef & chicken too … a really straightforward quick dinner or lunch option’

terrylynndcruz

Absolutely lovely, very tasty and pleasantly surprised as I only used a cheep beef steak.

nataliecoglan60288

So easy and tasty would make a bit more sauce but other than that very good

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