SWEET AND TANGY CHILLI BEEF
SWEET AND TANGY CHILLI BEEF
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.