Sichuan Pepper Beef with Five-a-day Vegetables and Five-spice Gravy

Name: Sichuan Pepper Beef with Five-a-day Vegetables and Five-spice Gravy
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ onion, chopped; 1 small handful broccoli; 1 medium red chili, seeded and chopped; 2 tablespoons peanut oil; 2 sirloin steaks, cut into strips; 1 small handful chopped baby corn; 1 small handful chopped snowpeas; 2 garlic cloves, crushed and finely chopped; 1¼ cup hot fresh beef or vegetable stock; 1 small handful chopped carrots; 1 tablespoon shaosing rice wine or dry sherry; 1 tablespoon cornstarch blended with 2 tablespoons cold water; 2 teaspoons ground Sichuan pepper; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce; salt and ground white pepper; 1 spring onion, finely sliced; ½ teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

China Modern

By Ching-He Huang

Published 2006

About

This makes for a fast, easy and delicious supper. I love rustling up this one because it’s a real comfort dish for me. Chinese five-spice is the key to this recipe as it flavors the gravy beautifully. This is a real balanced meal of protein and vegetables and the method of cooking used is a ‘saucy’ stir fry, which makes it really healthy too as the vegetables are al dente, retaining their nutrients. Serve with generous helpings of plain steamed jasmine rice to soak up the yummy gravy.