Skewered beef with sweet chilli sauce dip

Name: Skewered beef with sweet chilli sauce dip
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 150 ml/5 fl oz rice wine, sake or dry sherry; 2 teaspoons cornflour mixed with a little cold water to the consistency of single cream; 150 ml/5 fl oz sweet chilli sauce; 100 ml/3½ fl oz dark soy sauce; a couple of dashes of dark soy sauce; ½ teaspoon sesame oil; 2.5 cm /1 inch piece fresh root ginger, peeled and very finely chopped; 500 g/1 lb 2 oz sirloin steak, fat trimmed off; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and very finely chopped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd's China

By Keith Floyd

Published 2005

About

Ingredients

500 g/1 lb 2 oz sirloin steak, fat trimmed off

Asia
China
Sichuan
Starter

Method

Mix all the ingredients for the marinade in a large shallow dish.
Cut the beef into thin strips about 8 mm/⅓ inch wide and 15 cm/6 inches long. Thread the strips onto skewers, place in the marinade and turn to coat the meat, then leave in the fridge for 1 hour.
Place the skewers under a hot grill and cook for about 2 minutes on each side, making sure