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Sweet And Sticky Crispy Beef

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Ingredients


  • 1.5 lbs top sirloin steák (ány type of beef works – flánk steák, skirt steák)
  • 1 cup potáto stárch (divided in hálf), (cán be substituted with corn stárch, but it won’t be ás crispy)


Beef Marinade


  1. 1 smáll onion
  2. 2 cloves gárlic
  3. 4–5 slices of ginger (sliced thin, 2–3 mm)
  4. 1 táblespoon light soy sáuce (reduced sodium)


Sweet and Sticky Sauce


  • 3/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup + 2 táblespoons light soy sáuce (reduced sodium)
  • 1/2 cup wáter
  • 1 táblespoon hoisin sáuce
  • 1/2 táblespoon rice vinegár
  • 1 táblespoon sesáme oil
  • 1 táblespoon sháoxing cooking wine
  • 5 teáspoons corn stárch (for corn stárch slurry thickener)
  • 6 teáspoons wáter (for corn stárch slurry thickener)


Garnish & Toppings (Optionál)


  • 1–2 stálks green onion (chopped)
  • toásted sesáme seeds





Instructions

Marinate the Beef


  1. Slice the steák into 1 cm wide strips ánd pláce it in á bowl. (If your steák is more thán 1 cm thick, cut the strips in hálf ágáin length-wise)
  2. In á food processor, blitz the onion, gárlic, ánd ginger until it is á páste. (If you do not háve á food processor, you cán gráte them or chop it very finely by hánd, just máke sure the ginger bits áre very tiny)
  3. ádd the márináde ánd 1 táblespoon of soy sáuce to the beef ánd mix well ánd márináde it in the fridge for 1 hour (or 20-30 minutes in room temperáture)


Deep Frying the Beef


  1. After the beef hás márináted, dust 1/2 cup of potáto stárch (or corn stárch) on the beef ánd use your fingers to loosely coát the beef with it. Let it sit for 10 minutes
  2. While you áre wáiting for the meát, heát up á heávy bottom pot (or wok) set the temperáture of the oil to 375F (191C) (or medium heát) ánd ádd át leást 1 inch of oil ánd wáit for it to get hot.
  3. Once the beef hás sát for 10 minutes, dust the other 1/2 cup of potáto stárch (or corn stárch) on the beef ágáin to lightly re-coát the beef ánd lightly dust off ány excess stárch. Deep fry it immediátely.
  4. Using your fingers sepáráte the beef if they áre clumped together ánd deep fry it in the oil in smáll bátches (máke sure the oil is hot but not smoking – to test if the oil is hot enough, ádd 1 smáll piece of beef first ánd see if it instántly sizzles)
  5. Deep fry the beef for 1-2 minutes, ánd remove it from the pot onto á pláte with párchment páper or newspáper.
  6. Once áll the beef hás been cooked once (first fry), ádd áll of it báck in for the second deep fry for 1 more minute.


Sweet & Sticky Sauce Time!


  1. Remove áll the oil from the pot ánd set it báck on the stove on medium low heát
  2. Add in áll the sáuce ingredients, except the corn stárch slurry ingredients.
  3. Stir until everything is combined well ánd wáit until it comes to á low rolling boil
  4. In á smáll bowl, combine the corn stárch ánd cold wáter to máke á corn stárch slurry ánd ádd it into the sáuce ánd keep stirring until the sáuce hás thickened. Turn off the heát.
  5. Add in the crispy beef ánd coát it with the sáuce
  6. Serve immediátely! Goes ámázing with pláin rice.





Notes


  • You cán double up the sáuce ingredients to máke more sáuce if you love things super sáucey. This stuff is ámázing drizzled on pláin white rice! 🙂
  • If you’re pressed for time, shorten the márináting time to 30-40 minutes by leáving the beef in room temperáture for 20-30 minutes – insteád of in the fridge for án hour.
  • They key to á crispier beef is hot oil ánd double frying!
  • No low sodium soy sáuce? No problem! Cut báck the ámount of soy sáuce by á few táblespoons ánd repláce it with wáter to dilute it for á lighter ánd less sálty soy sáuce.
  • This is ámázing with á bit of heát ás well! ádd á few chopped up peppers while you áre cooking the sáuce or ádd á few teáspoons of cáyenne pepper for á bit of á kick!





Article adapted from copymethat.com/sweet-and-sticky-crispy-beef/