asian · 0 min · serves 4
Szechuan Beef
How much does szechuan beef cost?
About €1.51 per serving — €6.04 for all 4 servings at typical UK supermarket prices, roughly 332 kcal a serving.
Ingredients
- 0.5 lb beef
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 1 egg_white_unit egg white
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp garlic
- 0.75 cups onion
- 0.5 cups carrot
- 0.75 cups bell pepper
- 1 cup celery
- 1 cup mushroom
- 1 tbsp white wine
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 0.5 tsp chilli sauce
- 1 tsp white sugar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
Method
- STEP 1 - MARINATING THE BEEF
- In a bowl, add the beef, salt, sesame seed oil, white pepper, egg white, 2 Tablespoon of corn starch and 1 Tablespoon of oil.
- STEP 2 - STIR FRY
- First Cook the beef by adding 2 Tablespoon of oil until the beef is golden brown.
- Set the beef aside
- In a wok add 1 Tablespoon of oil, minced ginger, minced garlic and stir-fry for few seconds.
- Next add all of the vegetables and then add sherry cooking wine and 1 cup of water.
- To make the sauce add oyster sauce, hot pepper sauce, and sugar.
- add the cooked beef and 1 spoon of soy sauce
- To thicken the sauce, whisk together 1 Tablespoon of cornstarch and 2 Tablespoon of water in a bowl and slowly add to your stir-fry until it's the right thickness.
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