Crispy Beef
Ingredients
- 1¼ lbs shoulder steak, London broil, or skirt steak, cut into thin slices
- ¼ cup plus 1-2 tablespoons cornstarch, divided
- 1 tsp salt
- pinch coarse black pepper
- 2 onion, cut into thin strips
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- ½ red pepper, diced
Sauce:
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1½ tbsp honey
- 4 tbsp brown sugar
- ½ tsp chili powder (or up to 1 teaspoon if you like spicer)
- 1½ tsp cornstarch dissolved in ¼ cup water
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine meat, ¼ cup cornstarch, salt, and pepper. Let sit 30 minutes.
- Heat oil in a sauté pan over medium-high heat. Right before frying, toss meat with an additional 1-2 tablespoons cornstarch. Add meat and fry until cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Remove meat from pan and set aside.
- Prepare the sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, brown sugar, chili powder, and dissolved cornstarch. Set aside.
- Pour out most of the oil from the sauté pan, leaving only 1 tablespoon. Heat pan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, and red pepper to pan and sauté until onion is beginning to soften but still crunchy, about 5 minutes. Add in sauce and beef and cook an additional 2 minutes, until warmed through.
