Food 4 Life - Sweet and Sour Beef

• Marinade
• 1 clove garlic (crushed)
• 3 x 15ml (3tbsp) dark soy sauce
• 450g (1lb) lean beef thinly sliced
• 1 x 15ml (1tbsp) soft brown sugar
• 1 x 5ml (1tsp) olive oil
• 1 red pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
• 100g (4oz) sugar snap peas, halved or whole
• 100g (4oz) baby corn, halved
• 4 pineapple rings, cut into 8 pieces
• 100g (4oz) bamboo shoots
• Sauce
• 2 x 15ml (2tbsp) soft brown sugar
• 1 x 15ml (1tbsp) runny honey
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 x 5ml (1 tsp) grated ginger
• 1 x 15ml (1 tbsp) tomato ketchup
• 1 x 5ml (1 tsp) Sweet chilli sauce
• 200 ml unsweetened pineapple juice
• 1 x 5ml (1 tsp) cornflour
• 3 x 15ml (3 tbsp) white vinegar

METHOD:

• Prepare the meat. Combine the marinade ingredients and leave meat to marinate (20 minutes if possible).

• Combine the sauce ingredients in a separate bowl.

• Heat oil in a large pan. Remove meat from marinade, draining off as much of the liquid as possible. Stir fry meat until cooked through.

• Add babycorn and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add remainder of the ingredients and cook briskly for 3-4 minutes.

• Give the sauce a stir to distribute the cornflour. Add to the pan. Stir gently for 2-3 minutes to thicken the sauce and to cook the cornflour.

• Serve immediately with rice and garnish with spring onion.