Dinner

Szechuan Beef

Beef strips stir-fried with peppers, onion and chilli in a hot and spicy Szechuan-style sauce.

Prep
15 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
4
Level
Easy
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Szechuan Beef
Photo: Sxanghai Joe on Unsplash

Szechuan dishes on British takeaway menus are rich and spicy. This one has a lovely numbing heat from Sichuan pepper.

Adjust the chilli to taste.

Szechuan Beef

25 min total · approx. 390 kcal per serving

Ingredients

Servings 4

Method

  1. Toss the beef in the cornflour.
  2. Stir-fry the beef in a hot wok for 2 minutes. Remove.
  3. Stir-fry the onion, pepper, chillies, garlic and Sichuan pepper for 3 minutes.
  4. Add the soy, chilli bean paste and sugar. Return the beef and toss.
Cook's noteUse chilli oil if you can't find chilli bean paste.

Calories are an estimate per serving. Diet tags are a guide only: always check ingredient labels for allergens, and see our food safety note.