Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chinese beef with ginger and spinach. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chinese Beef with Ginger and Spinach is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Chinese Beef with Ginger and Spinach is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chinese beef with ginger and spinach using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Beef with Ginger and Spinach:
- Prepare 2 Medium Onions
- Make ready 400-500 g Chopped Beef (or Alternative)
- Take 1 Red Pepper
- Get 1/2 Yellow or Orange Pepper (for colour)
- Get 1 Small Bulb Garlic (Approx 5 large cloves)
- Make ready 1-2 inch fresh Ginger
- Take 1 Beef Stock Cube
- Prepare 1 Chicken Stock Cube
- Prepare 3 Cups Boiling Water
- Take Black Pepper
- Make ready Chilli Flakes (Optional)
- Take Mushrooms (Optional)
- Prepare 30 ml Dark Soy Sauce
- Make ready 30 ml Maple Syrup
- Take 1/2 Tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar
- Take 200 g Spinach
- Get 2 heaped teaspoons Cornflour dissolved in a dash of cold water
- Prepare to taste Salt
Instructions to make Chinese Beef with Ginger and Spinach:
- Finely slice the onions and fry in 1tbsp Olive Oil and 1tbsp Sesame Oil (can substitute if allergic) on a medium heat (4 on a dial 1-6)
- Meanwhile Slice the peppers, finely chop or grate the ginger and peas the garlic cloves….. (Don't forget to keep an eye on the onions, you don't want them to burn!)
- When the onions have lightly caramelised, add the beef.
- When the beef is browned, add the Peppers and Ginger (also add the mushrooms at this point if you wish to include them in your recipe) Continue stirring so that it doesn't catch on the pan.
- Dissolve the stock cubes in a cup of boiled water.
- Add the Garlic and Stock to the pan. Stir, and add a further 2 Cups Boiling Water. Add a good Grinding of Pepper (you can also add chilli flakes at this point if you want to add a little heat to the dish) reduce the heat (to 3) and simmer for approximately 45 minutes until the beef is tender and stock has sufficiently reduced.
- When reduced by approximately half, add Soy Sauce, Maple Syrup and Red Wine Vinegar. Stir, then add Spinach, cover and simmer for a further 5 minutes or untill all the spinach has wilted and darkened.
- Stir in the Cornflour solution, allow to bubble on the heat briefly, then remove from the heat. Add extra salt and pepper according to taste if required.
- Serve with Noodles of choice!! (I like Brown Rice Vermicelli noodles or whole-wheat egg noodles).
- Adjust accordingly. You could add extras such as baby corn or mange tout, extra chilli or vinegar, mushrooms, broccoli etc! You could alter the sweetener to that of your choice or replace the meat with a vegetarian/vegan alternative. Enjoy!!
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