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This Chinese crispy beef is a restaurant-quality recipe featuring super crispy strips of beef smothered in a sweet tangy glaze. Easy to prepare and loaded with flavor, your Asian dinner will be ready in just 30 minutes.

Chinese Crispy Beef Recipe

sirloin

soy sauce

cornstarch (divided)

carrot (thinly

onion

red chili (seeded and sliced, optional)

oil (for frying)

tbsp honey

tbsp sweet chili sauce

tbsp rice vinegar

garlic (minced)

tsp potato starch

Toss beef strips with soy sauce and 2 tablespoons of cornstarch; set aside.

To make the the sauce, combine soy sauce, honey, sweet chili sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, and starch in a small mixing bowl; mix well and set aside.

Coat the beef again with the remaining cornstarch to ensure it is thoroughly coated.

Heat 1/4 cup of oil in a skillet over medium high heat until hot. Add a small batch of beef strips, shaking off the excess starch, and fry until lightly golden; about 1-2 minutes. Remove the beef strips using a metal wire strainer and place on a wired rack or a plate lined with a paper towel. Repeat with the next batch.

Note: If you put too many beef strips at once, they might stick to each other and you will end up with a giant ball of meat instead of small bite-sized strips. Doing small batches is key for a successful deep fry for this recipe.

Once the first fry is completed, do the second deep fry (again in small batches) until the beef turns deep brown and crispy, about 1 minute. Strain the beef with a metal strainer and transfer onto a wired rack.

Wipe the extra oil off the skillet, leaving about 1 tablespoon behind. Add shredded carrot and stir fry for 1 minute until slightly soft. Add green onion and chili (if using) and stir for 10 seconds.

Pour the reserved sauce mixture in a skillet. It should bubble and thicken right away. When the sauce is reduced and thickened to a sticky glaze (about 10 seconds), return the beef strips and toss together to coat evenly.

Garnish with toasted sesame seeds if you wish. Serve the crispy beef immediately with rice.

This Mongolian Lamb recipe will have you licking the pan. Perfectly tender lamb, sublimely sticky and sweet sauce - it’s just like at a restaurant.

Mongolian Lamb

lamb

Shaoxing wine

tsp bicarb soda

Cornflour (1.5 tbsp)

tbsp light soy

tbsp dark soy

hoisin sauce

tsp Chinese five spice powder (opt.)

beef stock

tsp sesame oil

garlic

cm ginger (1 tbsp grated)

brown onion

green onions

green beans

vegetable oil

rice

tsp salt

Thinly slice lamb. Combine lamb, Shaoxing wine, salt and bicarb in a bowl and set aside.TIP: Bicarb will soften the lamb and give it a velvety texture.

Make a sauce by mixing 1 tablespoon cornflour, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, hoisin sauce, Chinese five spice powder (opt. - you can skip five spice if it will make it too spicy for your child), beef stock and sesame oil.

Peel and finely chop garlic. Finely grate ginger. Peel and slice brown onion into wedges. Trim and slice green onions into 2 cm pieces, all the way up to the ends. Reserve a few green sections of green onions and finely slice for garnish. Trim green beans and slice into 4 cm pieces.

Place a large frying pan or wok on high heat. While you are waiting for it to heat up, sprinkle 1 teaspoon cornflour over the lamb and mix through.

Add vegetable oil to the pan and once hot, add garlic, ginger and brown onion. Cook for a minute or until fragrant.

Add lamb to the hot pan and cook for 3 minutes, or until starting to colour, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, microwave your rice so it is ready. You can also microwave your child’s portion of green beans now too, if you think your child would prefer them plain.

Mix sauce and then add to the pan, stirring. The sauce should thicken up quickly over the heat.

Add green onions (except for garnish) and green beans to the pan and cook for a couple of minutes more.

Serve sticky lamb on a bed of rice and sprinkle over reserved thinly sliced green onions.For kids you can serve their rice, lamb and green beans separately (if you reserved them earlier).

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