Recipes for chillies

Chinese dry beef and chillies Ingredients:

Chinese dry beef and chillies Recipe

• Beef (steak or cubes) 1/2 kg
• Green chillies 12 medium
• Large size Onions 2 medium size
• Cornflour 1/4 cup
• Chicken stock/soup 2-1/2 cups (see how to prepare below)
• Oil 1/4 cup
• Chinese Salt 1 tsp (teaspoon)
• Vinegar 1/4 cup
• Ordinary salt 1/2 tsp
• Soya sauce 1/4 cup

How to make Chinese dry beef and chillies:

• Thinly slice beef into approximately 1/2 inch, rectangular bitesize pieces.
• Boil these pieces with water and some salt.
• Use enough water to cook the meat until tender (the water should dry up).
• Do not add too much water or cook the meat too long.
• While the meat is boiling, peel and cut the onions into cubes.
• Cut chillies into half lenghtwise and remove the seeds with the tip of a knife.
• Handling the chillies with your hands can irritate your hands!
• Make a paste of cornflour with 1 cup of water.
• Heat oil and fry the beef pieces until slightly brown on medium heat.
• Add onion and chillies, frying a little after each addition.
• Add chinese salt, ordinary salt, vinegar, soya sauce and the chickenstock/soup cooking for 2 minutes.
• Before serving bring to boil, add cornflour paste very slowly, stirring to keep lumps from forming.
• Cook for a minute on medium heat for few minutes.
• Serve it with rice.