Deep Fried Beef With Orange

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 800 g topside beef
• 10 slices fresh peeled ginger
• 2 spring onions (green onions)
• 4 cups peanut oil
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 10 whole dried chilies
• 2 teaspoons peppercorns
• 15 pieces dried orange peel (from asian supermarket)
• 1 1/2 cups stock (any will do)
• 1/4 cup chinese wine
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• pepper
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons chili oil

Recipe

• 1 cut beef into thin strips.
• 2 add five slices ginger, one chopped spring onion, salt and 1-2 tbs chinese wine to marinate beef for 20 minutes.
• 3 remove onion and ginger before cooking.
• 4 heat 4 cups oil in wok until hot.
• 5 add beef and separate, cook and remove from wok and drain. continue to heat oil.
• 6 when oil is hotter add back the beef and deep fry again. this makes the beef dry. remove from wok and drain.
• 7 heat 2 tsp sesame oil in another pan, add chilli and stir a few times. then add peppercorns, pre-soaked orange peel and stir a few more times.
• 8 add another spring onion and five slices of ginger.
• 9 add stock, rest of chinese wine, soy sauce, salt, pepper.
• 10 add beef and cook over low flame.
• 11 add sugar and continue to cook.
• 12 then turn up the flame to caramelise the sauce. finally add 2 more tablespoons sesame oil and chili oil.
• 13 remove dired chillis, ginger and orange peel before serving with steamed rice.