Spicy Hunan Beef Recipes

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix the wine, salt, soy sauces, potato starch or flour and one tablespoon water. Cut the beef across the grain into thin slices and add to marinade.
• In a wok, heat peanut oil to about 275 degrees. Add beef and stir gently for two to three minutes, then remove from oil with a slotted spoon and drain well.
• Pour off all but 3 tablespoons of oil in wok. Over a high flame, add the ginger, garlic, fresh chilies, chili flakes and cumin and stir-fry briefly, until they are fragrant. Return beef to the wok and stir well, seasoning with salt to taste.
• When beef is sizzling and fragrant,add scallion greens and toss briefly. Remove from heat and stir in sesame oil.

Steps:

• Combine marinade ingredients in a bowl and stir in the sliced beef; let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes.
• Mix Hunan Sauce ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
• After 20 minutes, drain the beef well, saving the marinade, and mix marinade into the Hunan Sauce bowl.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the peanut oil in a skillet at medium-high heat.
• Stir fry the beef until it is cooked but still a bit rare.
• Remove beef onto a plate.
• Add remaining 2 tablespoons peanut oil to the skillet and stir-fry the Hunan Sauce mixture until fragrant.
• Stir in the beef, heat through and serve.