SWEET AND TANGY CHILLI BEEF

SWEET AND TANGY CHILLI BEEF

SWEET AND TANGY CHILLI BEEF

 

Ingredients | Serves 4

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

  • 250g fillet of beef, cut into strips 

  • 1 teaspoon rice vinegar 

  • 1 pinch of crushed dried chilli flakes 

  • 1 teaspoon light soy sauce 

  • 1 pinch of ground black pepper 

  • 1 large handful of baby spinach leaves, washed 

  • 2 heads of green-stemmed pak choy, washed and sliced 

  • 1 small mango, peeled, stoned and finely diced

For the sweet and tangy dressing 

  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce 

  • 4 tablespoons lemon juice 

  • 2 tablespoons orange juice 

  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 

  • 1 teaspoon caster sugar 

  • 1 teaspoon runny honey 

  • ⅓ cucumber, halved lengthways, deseeded and finely chopped 

  • 1 medium green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped.

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Method

  1. To make the sweet and tangy dressing, combine the soy sauce, lemon juice, orange juice, vegetable oil, caster sugar and honey in a bowl. Whisk to make the dressing and then add he cucumber and chilli. Stir and set aside.

  2. Heat a wok over high heat and add the vegetable oil. Add the beef to the wok and stir-fry quickly. Add the rice vinegar for a few seconds. Add the chilli flakes, soy sauce and black pepper. Cook for less than 1 minute.

  3. Dress the serving plates with the spinach leaves and pak choy. Spoon some of the chilli beef in the middle, spoon generous amounts of the dressing over the top and sprinkle over some finely diced mango. Serve immediately. 

 
Recipe from p29 from Chinese Food Made Easy

Recipe from p29 from Chinese Food Made Easy

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