SWEET AND TANGY CHILLI BEEF
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 4 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp groundnut oil
- 1-2 tsp caster sugar (or to taste)
- 1-2 tbsp honey (to taste)
- ½ small cucumber
- halved lengthways
- de-seeded and finely chopped
- 1 green chilli
- de-seeded
- finely chopped
- 1 tbsp groundnut oil
- 250g/9oz beef fillet
- cut into 5mm/¼in strips
- 1 tsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
- pinch crushed dried chilli flakes
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- pinch ground white pepper
- 1 large handful baby spinach leaves
- washed
- 2 heads pak choi
- green stem variety
- washed and sliced
- 1 small mango
- peeled
- stone removed
- flesh finely diced
Directions
- For the sweet and tangy dressing
- mix together the light soy sauce
- lemon juice
- orange juice
- groundnut oil
- caster sugar and honey in a small bowl. Whisk well to combine
- then add the cucumber and chilli. Stir and set aside.
- For the beef
- heat a wok until smoking and add the groundnut oil
- then add the beef and stir fry for a few seconds. Add the rice wine or sherry and cook for one minute.
- Add the crushed dried chilli flakes
- light soy sauce and pinch of ground white pepper. Cook for 1-2 minutes
- or until the beef is cooked to your liking.
- To serve
- scatter the spinach and sliced pak choi over a serving plate and spoon the chilli beef into the middle. Drizzle over the sweet and tangy dressing
- sprinkle over the finely diced mangoes and serve immediately.

