crispy chilli beef

Use your air fryer to whip up crispy chilli beef for dinner. It takes just 30 minutes to make – perfect for a crowdpleasing midweek meal

Air fryer crispy chilli beef

thin-cut minute steak,

tbsp cornflour

garlic cloves, crushed

ginger,

red chilli, thinly sliced

red pepper,

spring onions, sliced, green and white parts separated

tbsp rice wine vinegar vinegar

soy sauce

tbsp sweet chilli sauce

tbsp tomato ketchup

½ tsp Chinese five-spice powder

tsp sesame oil

tsp caster sugar

First, combine the marinade ingredients in a bowl. Add the steak strips and toss to coat. Leave in the fridge for up to 24 hrs if you can, or carry on to step 2.

Sprinkle the cornflour over the steak and mix until each piece is coated in a floury paste. Pull the strips apart and arrange over a plate. Drizzle each piece of steak with a little oil. Heat the air fryer to 220C if it has a preheat setting.

Carefully put the beef on the cooking rack in the air fryer, cook for 6 mins, then turn and cook for another 4-6 mins until crispy.

Meanwhile, heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil in a wok over a high heat and stir-fry the garlic, ginger, chilli, pepper and white ends of the spring onions for 2-3 mins until the pepper softens. Be careful not to burn the ginger and garlic. Add the vinegar, soy, sweet chilli sauce and tomato ketchup, mix well and cook for another minute until bubbling.

Tip the beef into the wok and toss through the sauce. Continue cooking for another minute until piping hot, then serve scattered with the spring onion greens and a little extra sauce on the side.

This dish has it all. A sticky, crispy, sweet and spicy takeaway staple. Serve it with all your other Chinese favourites and you're good to go.

Crispy Chilli Beef

Large Onion

Red Chillies

Spring Onions

3cm Knob of Ginger

Cloves of Garlic

Rump Steak

Cornflour

½ Tsp White Pepper

Sriracha

Tomato Ketchup

Rice Wine Vinegar

Caster Sugar

Soy Sauce

Vegetable Oil

Slice your onion and red chillies. Cut your spring onions into 3cm lengths. Grate your ginger and garlic. Set the veg aside until later.

Very finely slice your rump steaks, then pop them in a large bowl. Crack in your egg and give it a good mix before adding your cornflour, white pepper and a good pinch of salt. Mix again until the steak is evenly coated.

Heat a wok on a high heat with a generous glug of oil. Add your beef in batches and fry for a few mins until crispy. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and repeat with your remaining beef.

Add your onion to the same pan and stir fry for 3 mins.

Tip in your spring onions, red chilli, ginger and garlic and fry for 2 mins more.

Add your sriracha, tomato ketchup, rice wine vinegar, caster sugar and soy sauce to the pan. Give it a mix and let it bubble and reduce for a couple of mins.

Get your crispy beef back in the pan and cook for 2 mins.

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