| Preparation time: 25 minutes + 15 minutes marinating | | | | oil and swirl it around to coal the side. Add the beef |
| Total cooking lime: 5 minutes | | | | and stir-fry over high heat forminutes, or until the meat |
| Serves: 4 | | | | is browned on all sides. |
| Ingredients for the mandarin beef recipe: | | | | 3. Add the pepper, dried mandarin or tangerine rind, |
| 350 g (11 oz.) boned rib eye steak, finely sliced | | | | extra soy sauce and sugar. Stir-fry briefly. |
| 2 teaspoons soy sauce | | | | 4. Dissolve the cornflour in a little of the stock and then |
| 2 teaspoons dry sherry | | | | add the remaining stock. Pour the whole lot into the |
| 1 teaspoon chopped fresh ginger | | | | wok. Stir until the sauce boils and thickens. Serve |
| 1 teaspoon sesame oiloil, for cooking | | | | immediately. |
| 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper | | | | Nutritional Value for the mandarin beef recipe: |
| 2 teaspoons finely chopped dried mandarin or | | | | Protein 20 g; |
| tangerine rind | | | | Fat 8g; |
| 2 teaspoons soy sauce, extra | | | | Carbohydrate 9g; |
| 1 1/2 teaspoons caster sugar | | | | Dietary Fibre 0g; |
| 1 1/2 teaspoons cornflour | | | | Cholesterol 60mg; |
| 4 tablespoons beef stock | | | | Energy 785kj (188cal) |
| Directions for the mandarin beef recipe: | | | | Variations for the mandarin beef recipe: |
| 1. If you ever are thinking to try the mandarin beef | | | | 1. For a hotter dish, fry a whole dried chilli in the hot oil |
| recipe, start by following these guidelines. Place the | | | | and then discard the chilli before adding the beef to the |
| meat in a bowl. Mix the soy, shorn, ginger and sesame | | | | wok. |
| oil together, add to the meat and toss well. Leave to | | | | 2. The thickened sauce is optional. You can dry-fry the |
| marinate for 15 minutes. | | | | marinated beef and serve with fine noodles instead of |
| 2. Heat the wok until very hot, add 1 tablespoon of the | | | | the more traditional rice. |