Orange Chili Crispy Beef Strips
This recipe makes 6 servings
Nutritional Info |
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|---|---|
| Per serving: about | - |
| cal | 139 |
| pro | 9 g |
| total fat | 7 g |
| sat. fat | 1 g |
| carb | 9 g |
| fibre | 1 g |
| chol | 20 mg |
| sodium | 224 mg |
| % RDI: | - |
| calcium | 1 |
| iron | 9 |
| vit A | 2 |
| vit C | 20 |
| folate | 4 |
This dish is representative of highly flavoured meat dishes meant to accompany fiery Chinese alcoholic drinks or sherry-like Chinese rice wine. The trick to cooking it is to cook the beef until quite dry and crispy but not overcooked and burnt. It should be similar in texture to beef jerky, only more tender, so test the strips as you cook them.
Ingredients
- 8 oz beef sirloin grilling steak
- 4 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp chinese rice wine or sake or dry sherry
- 1/2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1 orange
- 2 cups vegetable oil
- 3 minced cloves of garlic
- 1 hot red pepper, seeded and very thinly sliced
- 2 tsp granulated sugar
- 2 tsp rice vinegar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
Preparation
Using paring knife or vegetable peeler, pare off half of the orange peel into strips without white pith. Stack and slice into fine threads. Juice orange to make about 1/3 cup (75 mL); set aside.
In wok or skillet, heat oil over high heat until wooden chopstick or spoon inserted in oil bubbles immediately around edges. Cook beef, in 2 batches and breaking up with spoon, until crispy and dry, 4 to 5 minutes per batch. With slotted spoon, transfer to sieve over heatproof bowl to drain off oil.
Pour off all but 1 tbsp (15 mL) of the oil in wok; stir-fry garlic over medium-high heat until fragrant but not browned, about 20 seconds. Add orange strips and hot pepper; stir-fry for 20 seconds.
Stir in orange juice, sugar, vinegar and sa< boil over high heat until reduced to thick glaze. Add beef; stir-fry to coat. Toss with sesame seeds. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Source : Canadian Living Magazine: February 2009
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