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Sweet and sour beef
Serves: 4
Cook: 30 mins
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Equipment
- Chopping boards
- knives
- mixing bowls
- garlic crusher
- peeler
- grater
- measuring spoons
- Wok
- wooden spoon
- tongs
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Ingredients
Marinade
- 450 g Northern Ireland Farm Assured lean beef (rump/sirloin) steaks
- 1 Clove garlic
- 1 Red pepper
- 100 g Sugar snap peas
- 100 g Baby corn
- 4 Pineapple rings
- 100 g Bamboo shoots
- 3 x 15 ml (3 tbsp) Reduced salt soy sauce
- 1 x 5 ml (1 tsp) Olive oil
Sauce
- 1 Clove garlic
- 1 inch piece of fresh ginger
- 1 x 15 ml (1 tbsp) Runny honey
- 1 x 5 ml (1 tsp) Olive oil
- 1 x 15 ml (1 tbsp) Reduced sugar and salt tomato ketchup
- 1 x 5 ml (1 tsp) Sweet chilli sauce
- 200 ml Unsweetened pineapple juice
- 1 x 5 ml (1 tsp) Cornflour
- 3 x 15 ml (3 tbsp) White wine vinegar
To serve:
- Rice
- Spring onion garnish
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Method
- Cut the beef into thin slices and place in a mixing bowl. Remember to thoroughly wash hands after handling raw meat.
- Prepare the marinade:· Peel and crush the garlic;· Remove the stalk and seeds from the pepper and thinly slice;· Cut the sugar snap peas in half;· Cut the baby corn in half;· Cut each pineapple ring into 8 pieces and add everything to the bowl.· Add the bamboo shoots.· Add the olive oil soy sauce and mix well.
- Leave the beef to marinate for 20 minutes.
- While the meat is marinating, prepare the sauce:· Peel and crush the garlic and place in a bowl;· Add the honey, olive oil, tomato ketchup, sweet chilli sauce, pineapple juice, cornflower and white wine vinegar. Mix well.
- Heat the oil in a wok.
- Remove the beef strips from the marinade and stir fry for 3-4 minutes.
- Remove the baby corn from the marinade and stir fry for 2 minutes.
- Remove the rest of the vegetables from the marinade and stir fry for 3 minutes,
- Add the sauce to the wok, mix well and cook for a further 3 minutes.
- Serve the sweet and sour beef with rice and spring onion garnish.
