Crispy chilli beef

Crispy chilli beef

Ditch the takeaway and whip up this Chinese flash-fried steak with a sweet gingery sauce and red peppers

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 3

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Method

  1. Put the beef in a bowl and toss in the cornflour and five-spice. Heat the 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.
  2. Add the pepper, half the chilli, the white ends of the spring onions, garlic and ginger to the pan. Stir-fry for 3 mins to soften, but don't let the garlic and ginger burn. Mix the vinegar, soy, chilli sauce and 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 chilli and the green parts of the spring onions.

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454 kcalories, protein 26g, carbohydrate 32g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 2g, sugar 15g, salt 2.2 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2013.

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  • 2013-01-09 08:04:51.447468

    Vivienne commented on this recipe

    Really tasty although the beef didn't go crispy. Think I cut it too thick but will definately try it again.

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  • 2013-01-10 17:57:04.230134

    Livvykins21 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Not too keen on this - perhaps my cooking - beef didn't go crispy and the sauce a little too tart. Not a fave with the family ...

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  • 2013-01-11 14:17:40.621162

    Jeannie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this for tea last night. I used grondnut oil instead of vegatable oil. bought stir fry beef strips which i cut thinly. First I stir fried egg noodles for about 3 mins. Took out of wok and stir fried beef which was crispy. Added thinley sliced mushrooms with other ingredients. Followed the recipe apart from this. Added cooked beef and noodles to wok. Absolutley delish. Will be making again and again.

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  • 2013-01-12 19:13:52.872315

    Sauvignontank rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this last weekend and its so good we are making it again tonight. Followed the recipe to the letter, was perfect. Think this will be a regular Saturday night tea!

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  • 2013-01-12 21:21:38.837304

    YummyMummy1968 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really delicious meal, I didn't change the recipe at all except for frying the beef in two batches, it was lovely and crispy. My seven year old daughter loved this, so much better than a takeaway.

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  • 2013-01-14 10:04:47.433439

    Loobylou commented on this recipe

    Beef didn't go crispy, the 5 spice was overpowering and way way too vinegary! Binned the lot.

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  • 2013-01-14 19:42:14.967176

    Polly Pocket rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    There was an initial 'hit' from the vinegar. I will certainly do it again but will cut down on the vinegar..... bare in mind there is vinegar in the ketchup too!. Underneath there are some lovely flavour though....worthy of further experimentation :)

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  • 2013-01-16 21:49:05.177521

    Hudson7 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great family meal, really tasty nod easy to cook. Kids and adults loved it.

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    2013-01-17 09:59:01.5944

    Vix rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yum, yum, yum! Made this for the first time last night and it was so tasty and tangy, it will deffo be a regular! I would advise having everything ready and prepared before you start cooking. Slice the beef as thinly as you can, and fry in small batches, its get nice and crispy that way =o)

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  • 2013-01-19 18:54:41.655515

    cakeanyone? rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really good! After reading the comments and reading other recipes I mixed the cornflour, five spice (only 1 tsp) with a beaten egg and half tsp salt in a bowl and added 300g beef to it. Cooked in really hot oil for about 3-4 minutes in three batches and it was lovely and crispy. Swapped the pepper for very finely sliced carrot and halved the amount of vinegar and it was delicious. Made this quantity for two and would still probably like slightly more sauce.

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  • 2013-01-19 20:10:40.630002

    fionajmcilroy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Definitely recommend very tasty

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  • 2013-01-20 21:55:01.622199

    badzilla commented on this recipe

    Full of very full flavours. A lovely dish although why on earth were the quantities for three people? Very strange. Further narrative and a photo of how it turned out for me at http://www.badzilla.co.uk/Good-Food--Crispy-Chilli-Beef

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  • 2013-01-22 10:49:46.291884

    Angie commented on this recipe

    Followed the suggestions on here and used 2 tbsp of vinegar and 1 tsp of five spice and fried the beef in batches. I managed to get it really crispy and we really enjoyed it. Did the amount of sauce suggested above for just 2 of us and still could have done with a bit more, but that's just personal preference. Overall a really nice dish.

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  • 2013-01-22 10:50:35.981294

    Angie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Oops forgot to rate it.

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  • 2013-01-22 17:55:14.081973

    Jennifer rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very tasty recipe - have made it twice already. I used thin sirloin steak cut into thin strips and stir fried in ground nut oil. The meat was very tender and crispy outside. Whenever a recipe says rice wine or rice wine vinegar I substitute dry sherry so the sauce was not vinegary

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  • 2013-01-23 11:01:22.380962

    maza rated this recipe

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  • 2013-01-23 11:12:29.647511

    Lauren rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Didn't go very crispy and was a bit too vinegary! But was tasty and am going to try making it again with some adjustments.

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  • 2013-01-23 11:33:20.015731

    The Cherub rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious! I followed the advice above and used less chinese 5 spice and less vinegar.. other than that I followed the recipe exactly. My beef went semi crispy but I was happy with it anyway. Very very tasty. A new favourite for me. Might try using dry sherry next time as always have that in the kitchen anyway.

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  • 2013-01-24 10:53:28.087734

    foodie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Loved it. Used 'cakeanyone?'s idea and added egg to the cornflour mix. Worked really well, crispy flavoursome beef. Quantity about right for 2 I would say, could add more meat and peppers for more and leave the rest the same

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  • 2013-01-25 19:28:00.980225

    Bekz rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious, didn't have rice wine vinegar used port! Was still great.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 3

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

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)
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454 kcalories, protein 26g, carbohydrate 32g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 2g, sugar 15g, salt 2.2 g

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