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Easy Five Spice Ginger Beef

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4 Servings
Calories 294 kcal
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

  • 2 thick cut strip loin steaks well trimmed and thinly sliced.
  • 3 tbsp peanut oil
  • 4 cloves minced garlic
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1/2 cup Hoisin Sauce
  • 3 tbsp grated fresh ginger
  • 1 tsp Chinese five spice powder
  • 4 tbsp molasses
  • 1 tsp crushed chili paste
  • 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp cracked black pepper
  • 3 tsp toasted sesame oil
  • cornstarch slurry 1 rounded tablespoon of corn starch dissolved in 1 ounce cold water
  • 1 chopped red bell pepper

Instructions

  1. Heat the peanut oil in a very hot wok.
  2. Season the steak strips with salt and pepper and quickly stir fry for only a minute or two. Be careful not to overcook the beef at this stage ; a minute or two is really long enough. Remove beef from the wok and set aside.
  3. Add another couple of tablespoons of peanut oil to the wok and quickly sauté the minced garlic for only a few seconds.
  4. Add all of the remaining ingredients to the to the wok except the cornstarch slurry and bell pepper..
  5. Simmer the sauce for about 5 minutes then stir in the corn starch slurry, stirring constantly until it thickens to the consistency of a glaze.
  6. Toss the beef back into the sauce along with one chopped red bell pepper and cook only enough to heat through; about a minute.
  7. Serve immediately over rice or Chinese noodles and garnish with toasted sesame seeds and/or green onions.