Hunan Beef Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons Shaoxing rice wine

  or use other rice wine
• 1 pound flank steak

  thinly sliced (you can use other cuts – see recipe notes)
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 2 tablespoons doubanjiang

  or use a chili paste, like sambal oelek
• 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon sugar

  or use honey
• 1/2 cup beef broth

  or use water
• 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
• 1 tablespoon corn starch mixed with 1 tablespoon water to form a slurry
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil for frying
• 1 large red bell pepper

  sliced
• 1-2 jalapeno peppers

  sliced (optional, or use other hot peppers)
• 5-6 dried chiles de arbol

  or more, as desired - or use other dried Chinese peppers
• 1 tablespoon fresh minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon fresh minced ginger
• For Serving: Chopped green onion, red pepper flakes, sesame seeds, cooked rice or noodles.

Instructions

• 1 In a large bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, sesame oil, and rice wine. Add
  the beef and stir to cover. Marinate for 30 minutes.
• 2 Whisk together the sauce ingredients – soy sauce, oyster sauce, doubanjiang,
  rice wine, sesame oil, sugar, beef broth, chili flakes, and corn starch slurry -
  in a small bowl and set aside.
• 3 Add the corn starch to a large bowl with salt and pepper to taste and add the
  beef. Toss the beef to evenly coat each piece.
• 4 Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a large wok or pan to high heat. Add the coated beef
  and cook, stirring, until browned and crispy. Do this in batches if needed.
  Should take 2-3 minutes. Remove the beef and set aside.
• 5 Heat the remaining vegetable oil in the wok and add the peppers. Stir fry for
  5-6 minutes to soften.
• 6 Add the garlic and ginger. Stir fry for 1 minute.
• 7 Add the beef back to the pan and stir in the sauce. Stir to coat the ingredients
  and thicken the sauce, 1-2 minutes more.
• 8 Garnish and serve.

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