Rainbow beef

This flavoursome beef dish gets a savoury kick from soy sauce, sweet from tomato sauce and honey, acidic from black vinegar – and a rainbow-coloured edge from thin slices of carrot and spring onions.

• serves

  2

• prep

  15 minutes

• cook

  10 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 300 g beef rump steak, thinly sliced into 5 mm batons, 5 cm in length
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 egg white
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tsp Shaoxing wine
• salt, to season
• 175 g (1 cup) potato starch
• 750 ml (3 cups) vegetable oil, for deep frying
• 1 carrot, julienned
• 4 spring onions, cut on a very sharp diagonal
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Sauce

• 60 ml (¼ cup) tomato sauce (ketchup)
• 2 tbsp black vinegar
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp sesame oil

Instructions

1. For the sauce, place all the ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine.
2. In a bowl, place the sliced beef, bicarbonate of soda, egg white, soy sauces, Shaoxing wine and season with a little salt, then stir to combine well. Toss the beef a little at a time in the potato starch until coated.
3. Place the oil in a saucepan and bring to 180˚C. Add the beef and fry for about 3 minutes. Remove from the pan and place on a wire rack, then increase the heat of the oil to 200˚C. Fry the beef again for about 1 minute or until very crisp. Remove from the pan.
4. Meanwhile, place a wok over medium – high heat. Add a drizzle of the cooking oil, then add the sauce and bring to a simmer. Cook until reduced and thickened enough to be able to coat the beef. Add the beef, carrot, spring onion and sesame seeds and toss to coat, then serve immediately.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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