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Easy sweet and sour beef

Simple and tasty stir-fry recipe

4

Serves

10 mins

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

Beef + Lamb New Zealand

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Beef + Lamb New Zealand

This easy sweet and soup stir-fry recipe is a family favourite and is the perfect dish for those pushed for time. The recipe is balanced, healthy, packed full of delicious flavours and goes great with rice or noodles. It's the perfect dish to feed a crowd.

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Ingredients

Sweet and sour beef

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600g Quality Mark beef rump steak

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1 Tbsp dark soy sauce

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½ tsp black pepper

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300g pumpkin

seeds removed, peeled and chopped

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1 small head broccoli

chopped into florets

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2 tsp olive oil

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4 shallots

finely chopped

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1 red capsicum

sliced

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2 cups sweet and sour stir-fry sauce

To serve

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white rice

Or swap out, and serve with noodles.

Method

To stir-fry beef

1

Cut the beef across the grain into thin strips. Mix with 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce and a seasoning of pepper. Cover and set aside for 5-10 minutes.

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2

Add a little oil and mix well.

3

Steam or microwave the pumpkin pieces and broccoli until just tender.

4

Heat the wok, ensure it is hot.

5

Stir-fry the beef strips in 3 batches, reserving each cooked batch to rest in a warm bowl.

6

Reheat wok between each batch.

7

Reheat the wok, add oil and heat.

8

Add the shallots and capsicum, and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes.

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Add the cooked pumpkin, broccoli and sweet and sour sauce, stir-fry until sauce is hot.

10

Return the beef to the wok, toss to combine.

11

Serve with noodles or rice.

Nutrition Information per Serving (495g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 4 serves and includes the stir-fried beef only. It does not include the rice or noodles to serve. Feel free to use reduced salt soy sauce and a smaller amount of sweet 'n' sour sauce to reduce the sugar and sodium content of this recipe.

Energy

1931kJ (461 kcal)

Protein

37.7g

Total Fat

12.3g

Saturated Fat

3.7g

Carbs

46.6g

Dietary Fibre

5.1g

Sodium

952.3mg

Iron

4.2mg

Zinc

5.9mg

Vitamin B12

2.6µg