Crispy Shredded Orange Beef
Crispy shredded beef slices tossed with sweet, sticky and tangy orange sauce. Serve with a bowl of steamed rice or stir fry noodles and make it a perfect dinner!
Servings: 3
Calories: 299kcal
Ingredients
- 250 g Beef steak cut thin slices ( flank, rump, sirloin or ribeye steak ) (about 8.8 oz)
- ½ Onion cut thin slices
- 1 tbsp Garlic finely chopped
- 1 cup Corn starch or potato starch ( add more flour if needed )
- 1 tbsp Oil vegetable or neutral flavour oil
- 1 Egg white
- Vegetable oil for frying ( or neutral flavour oil, sunflower, canola, grapeseed, etc )
- Toasted sesame seeds to serve
- 2 Spring onions chopped
Beef Marinade
- 1 tbsp Soy sauce light soy sauce or all-purpose soy sauce
- 1 tsp Sugar
- ¼ tsp White pepper powder
- ¼ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Sesame oil
Orange Sauce
- 2 tbsp Light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Brown sugar
- 1 Orange juice fresh ( fresh squeezed juice from 1 orange) about ½ cup
- ½ cup Chicken stock ( low sodium ) or vegetable stock or water
- 1 tsp Corn Starch or potato starch
- 1 tsp Orange Zest ( Optional ) see details in note
Instructions
- First cut the beef steak into thin slices or strips, against the grain. Marinade with soy sauce, sugar, white pepper, sesame oil and baking soda. Set aside for 15-20 minutes.
- In a small bowl, mix all the sauce ingredients and set it aside.
- Break one egg white into the marinated beef mix it well. Then dredge the beef slices in the corn starch. Make sure each beef slices are separated and coated well. Toss the excess flour out before frying.
- To deep fry the beef, heat the oil into high-heat about 350° F. Fry the coated beef slices for 2-3 minutes, until the coating is crispy. Remove from oil and transfer to paper towel or cooling rack.
- In a large wok or pan, add 1 tablespoon oil, heat the pan to medium heat, add chopped garlic and stir for few seconds. Follow with the onion and stir for 1 minutes.
- Pour the sauce mixture in and stir well until the sauce starts to get thicken. Place the fried beef, toss well to combine the beef and sauce evenly. Turn off the heat and sprinkle toasted sesame seeds and chopped spring onions.
- Transfer to serving plate, garnish with orange wedges, toasted sesame seeds and spring onions. Serve immediately with plain rice, egg fried rice or stir fry noodles.
Notes
Ingredients and spices that you can add extra to orange sauce:
- Orange Zest - Add 1 teaspoon of orange zest in the sauce mixture if you like the zesty flavour in the sauce.
- Dried red chilli flakes - To give a bit of chilli heat to the dish you can add half teaspoon of dried red chilli flakes in the sauce mix.
- Bell pepper, chilli pepper, carrots, snow peas (mangetout) or sugarsnaps are ideal to add to this dish. After adding garlic toss the vegetables for 1-2 minutes, then follow with the sauce and fried beef.
Nutrition
Calories: 299kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1126mg | Potassium: 325mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 777IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg
