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Hunan Beef -A Spicy Beef Stir Fry Popular Across the Country
Hunan style beef stir fry--a classic and popular Chinese beef stir fry recipe
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 555 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Chinese
Ingredients
- 200 g beef tenderloin
- 5 Thai red peppers , or taste
- 5 pickled yellow pepper , or replaced by thai chili peppers (Note1)
- 1 bunch celery , cut into small sections
- 2 garlic cloves , chopped
- 1 thumb ginger , chopped
- small pinch of salt
- 1/4 tsp. sugar
- 1 tbsp. oyster sauce
- 3 tbsp. cooking oil
Marinating sauce
- 1 tbsp. cooking wine
- 1 tbsp. oyster sauce , can be replaced by light soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp. dark soy sauce
- small pinch of salt , around 1/8 tsp.
- pinch of pepper
- 1 tbsp. starch
- 1/2 tbsp. vegetable cooking oil
- 2 tsp. light soy sauce
Instructions
- Cut beef into thin slices (as thin as possible). If you are not skilled at cutting, frozen the beef for around 10 or 15 minutes before cutting.
- Transfer beef into a large bowl and then add salt, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, cooking wine, and pepper. Mix competely and set aisde for 15 minutes. Then add starch to mix well. Coat with vegetable cooking oil.
- Prepare all the side ingredients, cut peppers, celery, garlic and ginger.
- Heat the wok first and then also heat up cooking oil in a wok until warm and then spread the beef slices for around 30 seconds. Transfer out.
- Return the extra oil to the wok, and fry garlic, ginger, and all the peppers until aroma.
- Returan the beef in; add celery, oyster sauce and sugar too. Give a quick fry. Transfer and serve with steamed rice immediately.
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Notes
- Note 1
- If you don't have pickled wild pepper, you can replace it with other types of pickled peppers. Or a simpler way is to replace it with fresh Thai pepper and add around 1/4 teaspoon of rice vinegar or lemon juice in the dish.
Nutrition Information
Calories
555kcal
(28%)
Carbohydrates
12g
(4%)
Protein
21g
(42%)
Fat
46g
(71%)
Saturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Cholesterol
70mg
(23%)
Sodium
2803mg
(117%)
Potassium
625mg
(18%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
350IU
(7%)
Vitamin C
78.5mg
(87%)
Calcium
38mg
(4%)
Iron
3.3mg
(18%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 555
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 555kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Protein | 21g | 42% |
| Fat | 46g | 71% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 70mg | 23% |
| Sodium | 2803mg | 117% |
| Potassium | 625mg | 13% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 350IU | 7% |
| Vitamin C | 78.5mg | 87% |
| Calcium | 38mg | 4% |
| Iron | 3.3mg | 18% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.