I came across this recipe online and it was so delicious and so easy. You could throw this together in the time it would take you to order take out and have it delivered. It would be a great dish of you were having a friend over for a laid back dinner. It’s also a great way to make steak go a little further. You could easily feed three out two steaks and some veggies. Even my husband – the Carb Lover & Veggie Hater – barely noticed there was no rice/pasta/noodles in this one. This recipe, while it is easy, does depend on a few things. You need to move quick, neither the beef, vegetables or sauce take long to cook so you need to move fast. Second, the oil needs to be good and hot. Make sure you test it with the bread or check on a thermometer . If the oil isn’t hot enough you won’t end up with crispy beef. Thirdly, don’t be tempted to add the beef all in one go. If you do it will give the same result as the oil not being hot enough – soggy beef!
For this you’ll need:
450g sirloin steak, fat trimmed and cut into thin slices
3 tbsp cornflour
Flavourless oil, like rapeseed
200g green beans, trimmed and sliced
Bunch of spring onions, sliced
1 red and 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and sliced
1 red chilli, deseeded and sliced
2 large iceberg lettuce leaves
120g sweet chilli sauce
2 tbsp light soy sauce
Juice of 1 large orange
To begin fill a wok about halt way up with the oil, the exact amount will depend on the size of your wok or pan. You want plenty of room for the beef to sizzle. Turn the heat up to the highest setting and you want the oil to reach a temperature of about . If you don’t have a thermometer when you think it’s hot enough place a small cube of bread into the oil. It should crisp up in about 15 seconds and float to the top.
Put the sliced beef into a bowl and 2 tbsp of the cornflour and mix well. Set aside while the oil is heating. You can start to fry off your vegetables in a separate wok or pan with a little oil. Stir fry them for about 4-5 minutes in a hot pan and then remove from the pan. You can keep them on a plate while you make the sauce and fry the beef. Add the last tbsp of cornflour to the beef and stir well. You’ll need to fry these in two or three batches. Add the first batch to the hot oil and cook for about 3-4 minutes until crispy.
While the first batch of meat if frying put the sweet chilli, soy sauce and orange juice into the vegetable pan and sizzle for a couple of minutes until the sauce begins to thicken. Turn the heat right down when it does. Do you last batch (or batches) of beef and when they’re all done add the beef and vegetables and turn the heat up slightly to warm again. Mix well so all the sauce coats everything and spoon into the lettuce leaves using them as a bowl.
Enjoy!
