Enjoy this delicious crispy chili beef that’s deep-fried to perfection and tossed in a five spice and chili flake seasoning.
If there’s one thing I love it’s crispy anything. People tend to give me weird looks for only devouring the crispy skin of deep-fried chicken with gusto while begrudgingly finishing off the white meat underneath. The same thing goes for turkey on Thanksgiving; while family members would be enjoying long slabs of white meat, I’d be enjoying long unappetizing-looking strips of crisp skin. Probably not good for me, actually I know for a fact it isn’t good for me, but it’s one of those simple pleasures in life.
I thoroughly enjoyed Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken with five spice seasonings in them so when I came across this recipe for five spice seasoned crispy beef strips, I knew it would be making a debut here. The original recipe called for deep-frying accompanying garnishes as well but I thought that was a little too much deep-frying for my taste. However, if you want to take that additional step, you can add in deep-fried onions, green onions and chili slices.
CRISPY CHILI BEEF RECIPE TIPS
Beef – Use beef flank or a cut of beef that’s good for stir-frying. Avoid any tough cuts. Slice along the grain to have strong, thin strips that don’t break apart.
Frying – Allow about 10 seconds or so during the deep-frying stage for the individual battered strips to ‘settle’ before stirring them or they will clump together. Lower the heat to medium once the oil is hot and splatters.
And that’s it. Enjoy!
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Crispy Chili Beef
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
Enjoy this delicious crispy chili beef that’s deep-fried to perfection and tossed in an addictive five spice and chili flake seasoning.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb. beef flank, cut into thin strips
- 2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch, divided
- 1 1/2 teaspoons five spice powder, divided
- 1 teaspoon chili flakes
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Toss the beef strips in 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and coat them thoroughly.
- Mix salt, 1 teaspoon five spice powder, 1 teaspoon cornstarch and pepper with the egg, beating to get rid of any clumps.
- Toss the beef strips in the batter.
- Over medium-high heat, deep-fry the battered beef strips in batches for 2 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
- Mix the remaining five spice powder with chili flakes and toss with the fried beef strips.
- Dish and serve immediately.
- Enjoy!
Comments & Reviews
this has become a regular recipe in our house. LOVELY.
★★★★★
I’m happy you found a staple, Steve!
lovely. had it twice now.
★★★★★
That’s great to hear, Steve. It’s been awhile since I’ve had this but I can still remember how tasty it was, That five spice powder makes it!
Your comments about eating the crispy chicken skin made me smile! I have been known to snatch the crispy skin someone else removed from their chicken! I always use bone-in, skin on chicken even if I’m going to shred the meat, just so I can snack on the crispy goodness:)
Oh yes, my hubby and I have a standing agreement. I steal his skins and he can have most of my meat!!! So bad for me I know!
This sounds absolutely delicious. Thanks for posting this recipe.
Simon
Most welcome, Simon! Enjoy!
OMG, this looks AMAZING! A MUST try!!
★★★★★
It was really good!
I LOVE crispy chilli beef, I have to try this.
Let me know how you liked it, if you do 🙂