Stir-fried beef with Ginger sauce dip

Name: Stir-fried beef with Ginger sauce dip
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cornflour; 1 egg white; 1 large garlic clove, peeled and finely chopped; ¼ teaspoon chilli paste; 1 teaspoon caster sugar; 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 2.5 cm /1 inch piece fresh root ginger, peeled and finely grated; a good pinch of sea salt; 1 quantity Ginger sauce; 500 g/1 lb 2 oz sirloin steak, fat trimmed off, and cut into 1 cm/ ½ inch thick slices; vegetable oil, for deep-frying

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd's China

By Keith Floyd

Published 2005

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Ingredients

1 quantity Ginger sauce
500 g/1 lb 2

Asia
China
Sichuan
Starter

Method

First prepare the Ginger sauce - you can do this at any time and keep it in the fridge until you get round to cooking the beef. Combine all the ingredients for the marinade in a bowl.
Cut the beef slices into 5 cm/2 inch long strips, place in the marinade and turn to coat the meat, then leave for at least 30 minutes.
Heat sufficient oil for deep-fryin