Quick and Easy Crispy Chili Beef

My Quick and Easy Crispy Chili Beef is a recipe you can’t mess up. I know this recipe is very basic but it’s aligned with my motto: to provide busy professionals and families quick and easy recipe ideas. For this crispy chili beef dish, I added some ketchup, honey and soy sauce. I’ve tried this recipe with orange juice and soy sauce but it left a strange taste in my mouth.  Serve this dish with rice or noodles.

A Few Tips On Making that Crispy Chili Beef Extra Delicious

1. To marinate the beef, you must add cornstarch. Why? It prevents overcooking when exposed to the high heat of the frying pan and helps bind the sauces together.
2. Don’t overcook the beef. When exposed to high heat, the beef can easily turn hard and rubbery. You want to fry the beef 2-3 minutes so it’s nice and crispy.
3. You don’t have to add the chilis. I like all my dishes spicy so I always add chilis to my dishes.

 

Easy Crispy Chili Beef

August 12, 2020

Servings: 4

Prep: 20 min

Cook: 10 min

Total: 30 min

Difficulty: easy

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By: Monica Wong

Ingredients

• -3/4 pound sirloin
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 Thai chiles
• a bunch of corriander
• vegetable oil
• Marinade
• -2 tablespoon sesame oil
• -1 tablespoon sugar
• -2 tablespoon light soy sauce
• -1 egg
• Sauce
• -1/2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• -3 tablespoon ketchup
• -6 tablespoon black rice vinegar
• -4 tablespoon honey

Directions

• Step 1 Cut the meat into thin strips (3mm) and place in bowl
• Step 2 Marinade beef in sesame oil, sugar, soy sauce, and egg for 3 hours
• Step 3 Finely dice garlic and chiles
• Step 4 Mix the dark soy sauce, ketchup, black rice vinegar and honey to create the sauce
• Step 5 In a frying pan, heat vegetable oil on high heat and add the sauce
• Step 6 Put the beef into the pan and stir for 2-3 minutes until it’s golden and crisp
• Step 7 Serve with coriander