Beef in sweet and sour sauce
Ingredients
- 450 g beef tenderloin (cut into pieces)
- 40 g onion about 1 pcs, cut into pieces
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp diced red shallots
- 100 g bell pepper about 1 pcs, cut into pieces
Sauce mixture
- 100 ml water
- 4 tbsp ketchup
- 2 tbsp worcestershire sauce (fig1)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp tamarind paste (fig2 / or steak sauce like HP / A1)
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp dark soy sauce
- ¼ tsp sea salt
Seasoning
- 1 tbsp yogurt (fig3 / full fat / sweet)
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp water
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp oil
Starch mixture
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp water
Instructions
- Marinade the beef with the seasoning for at least 3 hour. Combine the sauce mixture together. Set it aside.
- Heat the pan with 2 tsp of oil over high heat. Add in the beef. Pan fry until both sides are brown, about medium well done. Dish it up and set it aside.
- Heat the pan with 1 tsp of oil over medium high heat. Stir fry the onion, shallots, garlic, and bell pepper until the ingredients are soft
- Add in the sauce mixture. Gradually add the starch mixture until the sauce is thickened. Add back the beef and mix it well. Serve it hot.
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Notes
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Other tips
1 To replace yogurt, use either apple sauce, kiwi pure, pineapple pure, buttermilk, a bit of rice vinegar or white vinegar
2 tamarind sauce can be replaced by steak sauce
Other tips
1 To replace yogurt, use either apple sauce, kiwi pure, pineapple pure, buttermilk, a bit of rice vinegar or white vinegar
2 tamarind sauce can be replaced by steak sauce