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Beef Chilli Cantonese












Ø  750 gms beef
Ø  6 flakes of garlic
Ø  1 inch long piece of ginger
Ø  ½ tsp pepper, salt
Ø  4 tsps soya sauce
Ø  2 tsp sugar
Ø  2 large onions
Ø  6 capsicum 
Ø  10 green chillies
Ø  1 cup stock or soup already made
Ø  6 tsps corn flour
Ø  Oil to fry

Thoroughly wash and wipe the meat and then cut into ½ inch strips and marinate in a shallow bowl having a mixture of crushed garlic, ginger, salt, sugar and soya sauce for an hour. Cut capsicum into thick strips, then chop chillies. Cut onions into 8 wedges and halve these. Now heat 3 tblsp of oil in a wok and saute onions, adding capsicum and chilli. Cover wok and cook for 3 minutes. Remove and keep aside. Heat another 3 tblsp oil and fry meat mixture for 6 to 8 minutes until its colour changes. Keep on stirring continuously. Now blend corn flour into stock or soup and add the lot to the meat. Cook it over low flame till meat turns tender. Add more of capsicum, chilli and onion and continue cooking for a few minutes. Serve hot with rice.