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Home Dish Chinese Beef with Ginger and Spinach

Chinese Beef with Ginger and Spinach

Name: How to cook Chinese Beef with Ginger and Spinach - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Claire Dolci

Chinese Beef with Ginger and Spinach

No refined Sugar. Can also be made with Chicken or Tofu.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

Cooking time :

1hr-1:20 mins

Yellow or Orange Pepper (for colour)

Small Bulb Garlic (Approx 5 large cloves)

1-2 inch

Maple Syrup. OR Honey. Do not use sugar!

1/2 Tablespoon

heaped teaspoons Cornflour dissolved in a dash of cold water

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Finely slice the onions and fry in 1tbsp Olive Oil and 1tbsp Sesame Oil (can substitute if allergic) on a medium heat (4 on a dial 1-6)

* Step 2

Meanwhile Slice the peppers, finely chop or grate the ginger and peas the garlic cloves..... (Don't forget to keep an eye on the onions, you don't want them to burn!)

* Step 3

When the onions have lightly caramelised, add the beef.

* Step 4

When the beef is browned, add the Peppers and Ginger (also add the mushrooms at this point if you wish to include them in your recipe) Continue stirring so that it doesn't catch on the pan.

* Step 5

Dissolve the stock cubes in a cup of boiled water.

* Step 6

Add the Garlic and Stock to the pan. Stir, and add a further 2 Cups Boiling Water. Add a good Grinding of Pepper (you can also add chilli flakes at this point if you want to add a little heat to the dish) reduce the heat (to 3) and simmer for approximately 45 minutes until the beef is tender and stock has sufficiently reduced.

* Step 7

When reduced by approximately half, add Soy Sauce, Maple Syrup and Red Wine Vinegar. Stir, then add Spinach, cover and simmer for a further 5 minutes or until all the spinach has wilted and darkened.

* Step 8

Stir in the Cornflour solution, allow to bubble on the heat briefly, then remove from the heat. Add extra salt and pepper according to taste if required.

* Step 9

Serve with Noodles of choice!! (I like Brown Rice Vermicelli noodles or whole-wheat egg noodles).

* Step 10

Adjust accordingly. You could add extras such as baby corn or mange tout, extra chilli or vinegar, mushrooms, broccoli etc! You could alter the sweetener to that of your choice or replace the meat with a vegetarian/vegan alternative. Enjoy!!

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