Chinese Ginger Beef Or Chicken
Super quick to make and tasty to eat. Far healthier than buying from a Chinese takeaway. Great hit of protein, fiber and extra special nutrients from the garlic and ginger.
Chicken or Ginger Beef Chinese Style
Prep time- 15 mins.
Cooking time- 20 mins.
Serves 4 portions (divide ingredients by 4 for single portion).
Ingredients
2 table spoons of corn flour.
Salt and pepper.
800 grams of chicken or beef, sliced into 0.5 cm strips.
6 table spoons of ground nut oil (olive oil can be used too).
8 cm finger sized piece of fresh ginger peeled and finely chopped.
4 cloves of garlic peeled and chopped.
6 spring onions chopped.
2 medium carrots, peeled and cut into match sticks.
4 table spoons of light soya sauce.
2 teaspoons of sesame oil.
2-3 teaspoons of rice wine vinegar.
Chilli flakes to garnish.
200 grams of preferred green veg (example broccoli, or green beans).
Method
Par boil veg for 3 mins, drain, and put in cold water.
Put cornflour into bowl and season with salt and pepper. Add beef or chicken strips, dust in flour, shake off any excess flour.
Heat half of oil in wok. When its hot, add the meat and cook until crisp on the outside, you might need to cook meat in tow batches. Set aside on plate with kitchen towel to drain oil. Clean wok.
Add rest of oil to the wok. Add the ginger, garlic, spring onion and carrots to fry over a high heat for 1 minute or until aromatic. Add soya sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, a dash of pepper along with 6 table spoons of water and heat through for a couple of mins.
Drain veg and add to wok along with meat and gently mix into the sauce. Remove from heat and enjoy. If saving for later, empty carefully into storage container to be cooled in cold iced water in sink before refrigerating.