Chinese Beef Recipes - Cantonese Beef Recipe

Ingredients

• 30 ml/2 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 2 egg whites, beaten

• 450 g/1lb steak, cut into strips

• oil for deep-frying

• 4 stalks celery, sliced

• 2 onions, sliced

• 60 ml/4 tbsp water

• 20 ml/4 tsp salt

• 75 ml/5 tbsp soy sauce

• 60 ml/4 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 30 ml/2 tbsp sugar

• freshly ground pepper

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Method:

1. Mix half the corn-flour with the egg whites. Add the steak and mix to coat the beef in the batter.

2. Heat the oil and deep-fry the steak until browned. Remove from the pan and drain on kitchen paper.

3. Heat 15 ml/1 tbsp of oil and stir-fry the celery and onions for 3 minutes.

4. Add the meat, water, salt, soy sauce, wine or sherry and sugar and season with pepper. Bring to the boil and simmer, stirring, until the sauce thickens.