Calgary ginger beef
Calgary ginger beef, from above
Non vegAlberta

Calgary ginger beef

Crispy beef strips in a sticky, sweet and spicy ginger sauce. Canadian Chinese, born in Calgary.

40 minTime
36 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Made in Alberta2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCrisp fried beef strips in a sweet, spicy ginger glaze with vegetables.
The original
546kcalsame
36 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
40minutessame

Calgary ginger beef.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Beefflank or sirloin, in thin strips
Cornflour (cornstarch)½ cup
Egg1
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying
Gingera big thumb, in matchsticks
Garlic3 cloves
Carrot1, in matchsticks
Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)1, in strips
Onion1, sliced
Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)chilli flakes
Sugar⅓ cup
Rice vinegar3 tbsp
Soy sauce2½ tbsp
Water¼ cup

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Toss beef with egg, then cornflour, until each strip is coated.
  2. 2Fry in hot oil in batches until very crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain.
  3. 3Stir fry ginger, garlic, carrot, pepper and onion in a little oil for 2 minutes.
  4. 4Add sugar, vinegar, soy, water and chilli and boil until syrupy. Toss in the beef.
Serve it like this

Pile on a platter over steamed rice with sesame seeds and spring onion. Serve straight away while crisp.

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Bread or rice Egg fried rice20 min
Bread or rice Phulka30 min
On the side Coconut chutney10 min
On the side Bhindi masala35 min
To drink Sol kadhi40 min
Something sweet Malai kulfi60 min
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