Orange Tempura Beef
This meal really hit the spot a couple of nights ago when we had it for dinner at our house. I make it with good cut of steak and sometimes even use it as a "leftover rescue recipe" when leftovers are availabe from a steak dinner, especially if that steak is still on the rare side. The kids love this one too. We mostly serve it on a bed of plain brown rice but I like it with linguine pasta as well.
Tempura Batter
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
1 large egg
Whisk together until just combined. Lumps are okay; even preferable. Set aside for 10 minutes
Orange Sauce
In a medium saucepan, heat
2 cloves minced garlic
2 tablespoon olive oil
Cook for one minute to soften the garlic then add
1 ½ cups orange juice
3 tablespoon brown sugar
Zest of one orange
½ teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
1 teaspoon chili flakes (optional if you don’t like spicy heat)
Simmer to reduce the volume by about ⅓ then thicken the sauce with
1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in an ounce or two of orange juice.
Finish the sauce at the end by adding and stirring in
2 tablespoon of butter
Preheat canola oil in a deep fryer to 350 degrees F. Dip the slices of steak into the tempura batter and drop them into the hot oil. Fry for only a few minutes until crispy golden brown. Drain on a metal rack over a cookie sheet and keep warm in the oven between batches.
While you fry the steak, sauté in olive oil
1 julienned red pepper
1 small julienned red onion
Finally toss the peppers, onions, tempura steak and the sauce all together lightly and garnish with some toasted almonds and orange sections.
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