Ginger Beef Stir Fry - fried up with ginger and garlic, and served with lots of green veg in a sweet and savoury Chinese sauce. The whole thing is finished with crispy ginger shoestring fries and a sprinkling of chilli flakes. So so good. Have you ever tried crispy ginger root - fried up like little matchstick fries? Now they will really get your taste buds tingling! Crunchy and moreish, with all of that lovely ginger heat. I thought they’d make the perfect topping for my ginger beef stir fry. Before we get on with the recipe - lets just talk beef. I’ve made plenty of beef stir fries in my time where the beef ended up chewy because I’d be using a cheaper cut or trying to slice it into big chunks. Trust me, thinly sliced sirloin makes the best stir fry ever! It’s even easier to slice thinly if you place the steak in the freezer for 30 minutes to firm it up first. Use a really sharp knife, and make sure the oil you’re frying it in is really hot. Start by thinly slicing sirloin steak. Then peel some fresh ginger. Chef’s Tip: The skin comes of easily if peeling with a teaspoon. Slice the ginger into thin strips, then fry in oil in the wok until crispy.
Next make the sauce - mix together brown sugar, soy sauce, Oyster sauce and rice wine.
Fry the seasoned strips of steak in the wok, then remove from the wok.
Fry onions in the wok, then add minced ginger and garlic.
Add green veg next - I’m using mangetout (snow peas), broccoli and spring onions (scallions).
Add the sauce and bring to the boil. Let it bubble for a few minutes to reduce and thicken.
Then add the steak back in.
Add a couple of handfuls of fresh baby spinach.
And stir everything together to heat through.
Sweet, spicy, crunchy and totally delicious!!
If you like this kind of dish why not take a look at some of my other Asian inspired recipes; Crispy Sesame Chicken with a Sticky Asian Sauce Sticky Chinese Pork Belly Crispy Chilli Plum Chicken
The Spicy Ginger Beef Stir Fry Recipe:
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