Crispy chilli beef

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Ingredients

350g thin-cut minute steak, very thinly sliced into strips

3 tbsp cornflour

2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder

100ml vegetable oil

1 red pepper, thinly sliced

1 red chilli, thinly sliced

4 spring onions, sliced, green and white parts separated

2 garlic cloves, crushed

thumb-sized piece ginger, cut into matchsticks

4 tbsp rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar

1 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

2 tbsp tomato ketchup

cooked noodles, to serve (optional)

prawn crackers, to serve (optional)

Method

Put 350g thin-cut minute steak strips in a bowl and toss in 3 tbsp cornflour and 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder.

Heat 100ml vegetable oil in a wok or large frying pan until hot, then add the beef and fry until golden and crisp.

Scoop out the beef and drain on kitchen paper. Pour away all but 1 tbsp oil.

Add 1 thinly sliced red pepper, ½ thinly sliced red chilli, sliced white ends of 4 spring onions, 2 crushed garlic cloves and thumb-sized piece ginger, cut into matchsticks, to the pan. Stir-fry for 3 mins to soften, but don’t let the garlic and ginger burn.

Mix the 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce and 2 tbsp tomato ketchup in a jug with 2 tbsp water, then pour over the veg.

Bubble for 2 mins, then add the beef back to the pan and toss well to coat.

Serve the beef on noodles with prawn crackers, if you like, scattered with the remaining ½ sliced red chilli and sliced green parts of the spring onions.