Best Crispy Chilli Beef Recipes

CRISPY CHILLI BEEF

Steps:

• Put 350g thin-cut minute steak strips in a bowl and toss in 3 tbsp cornflour and 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder.
• Heat 100ml vegetable oil in a wok or large frying pan until hot, then add the beef and fry until golden and crisp.
• Scoop out the beef and drain on kitchen paper. Pour away all but 1 tbsp oil.
• Add 1 thinly sliced red pepper, ½ thinly sliced red chilli, sliced white ends of 4 spring onions, 2 crushed garlic cloves and thumb-sized piece ginger, cut into matchsticks, to the pan. Stir-fry for 3 mins to soften, but don't let the garlic and ginger burn.
• Mix the 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce and 2 tbsp tomato ketchup in a jug with 2 tbsp water, then pour over the veg.
• Bubble for 2 mins, then add the beef back to the pan and toss well to coat.
• Serve the beef on noodles with prawn crackers, if you like, scattered with the remaining ½ sliced red chilli and sliced green parts of the spring onions.

CRISPY CHILLI BEEF WITH BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Heat a 2.5in depth of oil in a wok until very hot.
• Fry the steak in batches until dark and crisp.
• Drain.
• Pour off most of the oil and stir-fry the broccoli, garlic, ginger and chili for 1 minute.
• Tip in the sweetened soy sauce and lime juice and cook for 2 minutes. Toss in the beef and scallions and serve.

CRISPY CHILLI BEEF WITH NOODLES

Steps:

• 1 - Combine the eggs, soy sauce and cornflour. Add beef strips and mix together. 2 - Heat the oil in a pan and drop beef strips in, cook for 5-7 minutes until crispy. 3 - Remove beef from the pan and set aside. 4 - In a separate pan, heat some oil and throw in the garlic. Cook until toasted then add the carrots, spring onion, chilli, ginger and a splash of soy sauce. Stir fry for a minute or two. 5 - Add sweet chilli sauce, the crispy beef and cook for a few minutes to warm through. 6 - Meanwhile, soak the noodles in boiling water for a few minutes, according to packet instructions. Add them to a hot pan and toss through with the lime juice, soy sauce and coriander. 7 - Serve the beef on top of a bed of noodles.

CRISPY CHILLI BEEF

Steps:

• Slice the beef into strips as fine as you can get it. Add to a zip lock bag with enough cornflour to coat and shake to coat the beef. Get a pan of oil as hot as you can (without blowing yourself and the house up!) and fry the beef for 5-8 mins or until VERY crispy. Meanwhile, stirfry the carrot in a pan with a little oil, when browned a little add the spring onions and cook for a further 3 mins or so. Set aside. When the beef is done and crispy, add to the onions and carrot and add the sweet chilli sauce and chopped chilli.