Recipe - Chinese SPICY Chili Beef Stir Fry

Chinese SPICY Chili Beef Stir Fry

Another excellent video recipe from Tess Cooks4U. This lady has a large library of recipes over on YouTube, several of which were featured on Pud's old Cheese channel. This one gives another example of "velveting" meat, in this case beef, so you can see the actual method used. I've copied over the recipe from the video page, but I've rearranged it into the format we use here at TCW.

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This is an easy Chinese SPICY Beef Stir Fry recipe. I show you how to velvet the beef for a tender and soft piece of beef. Lots of flavor with a rich Hoison chili sauce giving it a kick of heat. If you like beef and like SPICY...you are going to enjoy this Chinese stir fry recipe. 

INGREDIENTS:

Beef/Marinade:

1 to 1 1/2 pounds thinly sliced beef - I used a London Broil cut
1/8 tsp. white pepper
1 egg white
2-3 Tbsp. cornstarch

• Mix above ingredients and let marinate for 30 minutes

Stir Fry:

1 cup diced onions
1 large diced carrot
2 diced celery stalks
1/2 diced green bell pepper
1 Tbsp. minced garlic
1 Tbsp. minced ginger
oil
chopped green onions for garnish

Spicy Sauce:

1/2 cup water
2 Tbsp. ShaoXing cooking wine or rice vinegar
1 Tsp. dark mushroom flavor soy sauce
4 Tbsp. Hoisin sauce
3 Tbsp. ketchup
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
4 Tbsp. sweet chili sauce
2 Tsp. cornstarch

• Mix above ingredients well and set to the side

Instructions:

Velveting technique:

Bring pot of water to light boil. Cook beef in two batches as to not to overcrowd the pan.  Place beef in water and then give a gentle single stir so nothing sticks. Let beef cook for 1-2 minutes and the beef will start to float to the top when done. Remove from water and set to the side.

Main Recipe:

In a wok or pan on medium heat add oil, minced garlic and ginger. Cook and stir for 30 seconds.

Add vegetables, cook and stir for 5-8 minutes or until veggies are tender.

Pour over sauce, turn up heat to med high to bring to simmer.  Bring to simmer and cook for one minute.

Add cooked beef, stir to combine and serve.

Enjoy.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDR0RTnKqYA