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Chinese beef marinade. The best recipes for delicious Chinese beef. Meat in sweet and sour sauce with vegetables

History of cooking meat in Chinese

Culinary art in China goes back to ancient times. Restaurants appeared there 2500 years ago, and 1000 years later a large cookbook was published. The general principles of preparing any meat fried in a dish - small pieces, soaking in an acidic or salty environment (soy sauce), breading in flour with an egg, and more often in starch, dry or dissolved, formed the basis of this dish.

Since ancient times, pieces of meat have been marinated to add flavor and tenderness. Then they were fried for 1-2 minutes. The combination of meat and stewed vegetables in this dish made it possible to do without a side dish. Since ancient times, the most popular type of meat for such preparation was pork. This sweet and sour pork dish has the original name Gu Lao Jou. And illiterate tourists from Russia called this meat “rope”. Thank you for not “laces”. Nowadays, Chinese sweet meat can be served with boiled rice.

Ingredients for the dish

• Pork 300g
• Vegetable oil (sesame) 100g
• Carrot 1 pc.
• Onion 1 head
• Sweet pepper 1 pc.
• Pickled cucumber in barrel 1 pc.
• Tomato paste 100g
• Garlic 3 cloves
• Soy sauce 100g
• Starch 2 tbsp. spoons
• Sugar 3 teaspoons
• Salt 1 teaspoon

Cooking sweet and sour meat in Chinese

1. Cut the pork into large strips. The size of a piece in Chinese cuisine is determined by the ability to fit it into the mouth at one time without using a knife.
2. Pour the meat with special sweet and sour soy sauce for half an hour. China produces a huge number of varieties of soy sauce, including for cooking sweet and sour meat in Chinese. There are even semi-finished products (powders in bags) of this sauce.

   

3. Preparing vegetables for stewing. Peel the carrots and onions, wash and cut the bell peppers.

   

4. Many recipes for this dish use pieces of pineapple, fresh or canned, to add acidity. In the northern regions of China, Chinese sweet and sour meat is prepared with pickled cucumber. Its acid completely replaces the acid of pineapple. If the acidity of the vegetable component is low, you can add a little sour brine. We cut all vegetables into large strips.

   

5. Preparing caramel for meat. Take any starch, add sugar and cold water. Mix thoroughly.

   

6. Pour liquid starch over the marinated meat and mix thoroughly.

   

7. We use a deep conical wok-type frying pan to cook Chinese meat over gas or other open fire. If cooking takes place on an electric stove, it is better to use a regular deep frying pan. Pour in a mixture of olive and sesame oil and heat it. Put a couple of cloves of chopped garlic in there. Place pieces of meat in starch-sugar batter and fry it. When turning the meat, clumps of dark caramel will form - this is normal. Fry the meat for no more than 5 minutes.

   

8. We use a separate frying pan for vegetables. Add a tablespoon of sesame oil to vegetable oil (olive oil) for flavor and heat it high. Fry the onions and carrots, after 5 minutes add the cucumber and bell pepper. When all the liquid has boiled away, fry for another 2 minutes, then add tomato paste and half a glass of water. Add the remaining starch and soy sauce from the dish for marinating meat and simmer for another couple of minutes. Vegetables are prepared in a thick sauce.

   

9. Add the vegetable mixture to the meat and mix well. Add a couple of cloves of crushed garlic. Simmer for 1 minute. Our dish - Chinese sweet and sour meat is ready.

   

10. We serve Chinese meat as a separate dish. Serving it with snow-white fluffy rice will give this dish a more solid and festive look. You can also consider the option with boiled potatoes. In China, any combination of products is allowed.

The benefits of Chinese meat

Chinese sweet and sour meat is both a satisfying and light product. After marinating in a special soy sauce, pork becomes soft and does not require long frying. All microelements and vitamins contained in meat are preserved. The vegetable component of the dish also does not take long to prepare, preserving all the beneficial qualities for humans.

Cooking options

There is still debate whether caramelization of meat is necessary in this recipe. In many places, they prepare a lighter version of Chinese meat, limiting themselves to marinating in soy sauce and adding sugar to the vegetable component of the dish. The sour taste is obtained by using pineapple or lemon. There is also a simplification in the cooking technology. It is cooked in one deep frying pan. First, the meat is fried, then vegetables and seasonings are fried and stewed along with it. Of course, depending on the type of meat, there is a complete variety of recipes for preparing sweet meat in Chinese. Up to the meat of monkeys or cats. Of course, this is not our way. Pork is still a classic, a canon.

Chinese cuisine began its culinary history back to Neolithic times, and over time, each region of China began to develop its own preferences for certain products, depending on court fashion and climate.

Foreign ingredients began to appear in the country, as well as technologies for preparing this or that dish. The most famous dishes of Chinese cuisine today are, of course, Peking duck, fried rice, turtle soup, dimisam, and hundred-year-old egg.

In ancient times, Chinese emperors were allowed to eat lamb, pork and beef, while ministers could only enjoy the taste of lamb. Concepts such as marinating meat, salting, and drying in Chinese cooking were already known in early historical times, and most likely, this is the reason why unique technologies for preparing meat according to Chinese recipes have today conquered the entire European continent, and not only. Indeed, a pleasant combination of spicy, sweet and neutral flavors in one sauce or other dish can pleasantly surprise any gourmet.

Today we will look at the technologies for preparing meat in Chinese, which is prepared slightly differently in different regions of China, but at the same time, everyone undoubtedly serves rice as a side dish for this dish.

Recipe 1: Chinese meat

Let's prepare Chinese beef from beef. Ingredients: beef – 800 g; white part of green onion; onions – 1 pc.; fresh grated ginger root – 2 tsp; Bulgarian sweet pepper – 2 pcs.; champignons – 4 pcs.; garlic cloves - 4 pcs.; sunflower oil – 4 tsp. To prepare the marinade for meat: balsamic vinegar – 2 tsp; soy sauce – 150 ml; sugar – 1 tsp; water – 1 glass; corn starch - 2 tsp.

To prepare the marinade for meat, we recommend that you use a deep glass bowl. First pour half a glass of water and pour starch into it. Stir and add the rest of the water so that no lumps form. Now add soy sauce, sugar, balsamic and sunflower oil according to the recipe. Mix well.

Let's get to the meat. We examine it carefully, cut off excess pieces, remove the film and any small bones. Cut the meat into finger-thick pieces and add to the marinade. Mix it, trying to completely submerge them in the marinade, and leave to marinate for half an hour.

Wash the garlic and finely chop the cloves. Heat the oil in a frying pan and add the garlic to it to fry. Following the garlic, add grated ginger into the oil. Chop the white part of the onion and also place it in the pan. Mix everything and fry together over low heat. When our products in the frying pan are slightly browned, put them in a separate plate. Drop the marinated meat into the oil in which we fried the ingredients and fry it until crusty. While frying, stir the meat constantly so that it can brown nicely on all sides. Place the meat on a separate plate.

Add a little more oil to the pan and put it on the stove to heat up. Cut the champignons into slices. Peel the onion and cut into rings. Cut the sweet bell pepper into slices. First, add the champignons to the frying pan, simmer them a little and add onions and bell peppers. Fry with constant stirring, then add fried onion, garlic and grated ginger, then pour in the marinade in which our meat lay and simmer all together over low heat for about 5 minutes. Now add the pieces of meat and simmer for a few more minutes. Turn off the heat, cover the frying pan with meat and leave in this position for 10-15 minutes. The Chinese beef is already ready.

Recipe 2: Chinese style meat (beef)

Let's prepare the ingredients: beef tenderloin - 0.5 kg; celery – 300 g; tomatoes – 6 pcs.; a bunch of green onions; fresh ginger – 50 g; oyster sauce – 2 tbsp; sunflower oil – 3 tbsp; sugar and starch - 1.5 tbsp each; ground white pepper and salt - to taste.

Cut a piece of beef tenderloin into thin pieces across the grain.

In a separate bowl, mix soy and oyster sauce, sugar and starch. Dip the pieces of meat into the marinade and leave them to marinate for 15-20 minutes.

While our pieces of meat are marinating, you and I need to peel the tomatoes and cut them into 5-6 pieces. Diagonally cut the peeled ginger root, celery and onion. Chop the garlic.

Pour sunflower oil into a frying pan, heat it and fry the marinated pieces of meat in it until almost done. Select the meat and set it aside on a separate plate for a while. Add chopped ginger and celery root, onion and garlic to the oil in which the meat was fried. After 2 minutes, add chopped tomatoes and fried meat. Cover the pan with a lid and continue to simmer for another 5-8 minutes. The Chinese meat is already cooked. Ideal with steamed rice.

Recipe 3: Chinese meat with vegetables

It is necessary to prepare the following ingredients: beef – 500 g; tomatoes – 2 pcs.; onion – 1 large head; fresh cucumber – 2 pcs.; sweet bell pepper – 2 pcs.; soy sauce – 2 tbsp; starch – 1 tsp; vegetable oil, herbs, salt and ground white pepper.

We clean the meat from veins and cartilage and cut it into slices. Using a kitchen hammer, beat each piece of meat and cut into strips. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the meat strips in it. Season with pepper and salt. Cut the onion into half rings and add to the meat. Next, add diced tomatoes and cucumbers to the meat with onions. Cut the sweet bell pepper into strips and also add it to the frying pan. Mix all the ingredients with a spatula and fry over low heat for about 5-7 minutes.

Pour cold water into a glass and stir the starch in it. You should get a homogeneous mass without lumps. Add the dissolved starch to the meat and after boiling, add soy sauce. Cover the meat with a lid and cook over low heat for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

Serve the meat in portioned plates as follows. First, put the rice on a plate, put the meat in the sauce on top, garnish with cucumbers and tomatoes, and... we wish everyone a bon appetit.

Chinese meat, like almost all the national food of this country, is a rather spicy dish. But it can be prepared during a diet.

The simplest cooking option without additional products.

Required ingredients:

• beef – about 500 grams;
• two onions;
• two sweet peppers;
• several cloves of garlic;
• approximately 100 ml soy sauce;
• 100 grams of starch;
• vinegar - 2 tablespoons;
• green beans – about 200 grams;
• a little vegetable oil.

Cooking process:

1. When preparing Chinese meat with vegetables, you need to start with cutting: the beef is cut into strips no thicker than one centimeter.
2. In a small bowl, mix rice vinegar with soy sauce and add garlic.
3. The chopped meat is salted, peppered and poured with the sauce that has been mixed. The beef should sit for about 40 minutes.
4. Prepare the vegetables: cut the pepper into strips, onion into medium-sized slices.
5. The dressing for the dish is also prepared separately. To do this, mix the squeezed garlic with half a teaspoon of red pepper and a small amount of soy sauce.
6. When the meat has already steeped, it needs to be well rolled in starch and fried in oil, the layer of which should be at least 1.5 cm, so that the beef is browned.
7. Chopped onions, beans and peppers are also fried, and then mixed with meat.
8. The resulting dish is poured with the prepared sauce.

With chicken and tomatoes

Another version of this dish is with chicken and tomatoes. A great option for those who don't really like beef.

Required Products:

• chicken fillet – 500 grams;
• two tomatoes;
• one sweet pepper;
• a large spoon of soy sauce;
• one and a half small spoons of starch;
• several cloves of garlic;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• teaspoon balsamic vinegar.

Cooking process:

1. Wash the chicken, tomatoes and peppers and cut into thin strips.
2. Heat the frying pan and pour into it one by one: soy sauce, honey, a few crushed cloves of garlic and balsamic vinegar.
3. Now add peppers and tomatoes there and fry for about two minutes. Add chicken and cook for another 5 minutes.
4. Now add starch and a little water to the food, mix everything and simmer for a couple more minutes.

With pork in sweet and sour sauce

Chinese-style meat in sweet and sour sauce is an excellent solution for lunch.

Required Products:

• two peppers;
• pork – half a kilogram;
• a little starch;
• two tablespoons of soy sauce and the same amount of vinegar;
• pineapples or juice;
• two cloves of garlic;
• one onion;
• fresh or dry ginger.

Cooking process:

1. The pork is cut into medium-sized pieces, rolled in spices, starch or flour and fried in a frying pan.
2. Onions and peppers are chopped and fried with the addition of ginger.
3. Soy sauce is mixed with vinegar, finely chopped garlic, a small amount of starch and pineapple juice.
4. The meat is added to the fried vegetables, and the prepared sauce is poured in. All this is brought to a boil and cooked over medium heat for about 5 minutes.

Chinese beef with ginger and milk

If you love Chinese cuisine, then be sure to take the time to cook this dish at least once.

Required ingredients:

• beef – approximately 400 grams;
• one ginger;
• two sweet peppers;
• one onion;
• several cloves of garlic;
• about 150 ml of milk;
• a few tablespoons of soy sauce;
• other spices - at your discretion.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the beef into strips and place in the marinade for 20 minutes. The marinade is prepared by mixing soy sauce with vegetable oil.
2. While the meat is steeping, prepare the vegetables: chop the onion and pepper, grate the ginger, and chop the garlic.
3. Fry the beef in a hot frying pan until a nice crust appears. Pour in the milk and simmer until it evaporates.
4. Add vegetables and spices to the meat and keep on the stove for about 5 minutes.

With bell pepper

A simple recipe for a delicious combination of vegetables and meat.

Required Products:

• 600 grams of beef or pork;
• two onions;
• three bell peppers: yellow, red, orange;
• a little vegetable oil;
• about 100 grams of starch;
• 100 ml soy sauce;
• several cloves of garlic;
• two large spoons of rice vinegar;
• a small spoon of sesame seeds;
• 100 grams of dry mustard;
• salt and pepper to your taste.

Cooking process:

1. The meat is cut into strips and a marinade is prepared for it: vinegar is mixed with soy sauce and squeezed garlic.
2. Place the meat in a deep bowl, cover with mustard, add the marinade and leave for an hour.
3. Prepare the vegetables: cut the pepper into half rings, and cut the onion into strips.
4. Pressed garlic is mixed with red pepper and soy sauce - this will be the dressing for the dish.
5. Heat a frying pan, roll the meat in starch and fry until crusty.
6. Place the cooked meat on a plate and continue frying the vegetables. First the pepper, then the onion - about 3 minutes.
7. Mix the prepared vegetables with the meat and pour in the prepared dressing.

Eggplant with meat Chinese style

This is a rather interesting combination that may not be to everyone’s taste. But preparing eggplant with meat in Chinese is quite simple.

Required Products:

• three eggplants;
• two sweet peppers;
• 500 grams of pork or beef;
• several cloves of garlic;
• carrot;
• soy sauce – five spoons;
• a small spoon of sugar;
• spoon of vinegar;
• approximately 50 grams of starch.

Cooking process:

1. The meat is cut into strips, poured with soy sauce and infused for about 20 minutes.
2. Peppers and carrots are also cut into strips and fried in a frying pan.
3. Coat the meat well with starch and cook until golden brown on the stove.
4. Eggplants are also sprinkled with starch, poured with soy sauce, and fried. Then everything is mixed: meat, vegetables, eggplant.
5. Pour the resulting dish with the following sauce: mix diluted tomato paste with starch, soy sauce, sugar and vinegar. Warm the sauce slightly along with the rest of the ingredients.

Required Products:

• three large spoons of starch;
• 600 grams of pork;
• two spoons of soy sauce;
• a small piece of ginger;
• two cloves of garlic.

Cooking process:

1. Mix starch with water until it has a consistency like sour cream. Dip the meat cut into strips into this liquid and let it stand for about 15 minutes.
2. Fry the cooked pork in oil. And start preparing the sauce.
3. To do this, chop the garlic, grate the ginger, mix the starch and water with soy sauce, garlic, ginger and add about 150 ml of water.
4. Place the sauce in a heated bowl, wait until it starts to boil, add the meat.

Rope meat in Chinese style

A spicy dish for true connoisseurs of cuisine.

Required ingredients:

• two onions;
• 600 grams of beef;
• carrots and peppers;
• a couple of cloves of garlic;
• a little starch;
• approximately 100 ml soy sauce;
• spoon of sugar;
• salt, pepper, spices - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the meat into strips at least 1.5 cm wide. Pour soy sauce over it and leave for an hour to marinate.
2. Onion into half rings, carrots - on a grater. Cut the pepper and garlic.
3. Fry the meat in a hot frying pan with oil. Add onions and carrots to it and cook for a couple more minutes.
4. Add the pepper and garlic there and fry a little more until the pepper becomes soft. Add spices: sugar, salt, vinegar, starch and a little water.
5. Reduce heat and cook for another 20 minutes.

Chinese cuisine is popular all over the world today. Want to treat yourself to some savory meat? Chinese beef at your service! Her recipes are easy, and the result simply stuns the culinary imagination. So, let's go on a fascinating journey through the pages of Chinese dishes.

Note to housewives

To prepare delicious Chinese beef, you first need to take a responsible approach to choosing meat. So, if you plan to fry it, buy beef tenderloin, but all other parts are suitable for stewing and boiling.

There are a few more secrets of this dish:

• Chinese spicy beef is prepared with the addition of garlic cloves. To make them easier to peel and chop, first crush the cloves directly into the husk.
• When adding soy sauce, remember that it is quite salty, so the amount of table salt should be minimal.
• Whatever Chinese beef recipe you choose, add a little granulated sugar to the dish. It will favorably emphasize the taste of meat.
• Beef must be cut across the meat fibers. Then it is not only easier to prepare, but also acquires a delicate taste.
• Rice is considered the ideal side dish for Chinese beef. It is better to steam it, because this way it retains all the useful microelements and will be crumbly and beautiful.

Secret! Chinese-style beef is fried on a high burner and in a small amount of oil.

Beef with vegetables Chinese style - simple and delicious!

Let's start with a simple way to prepare this dish. First you need to purchase peanut or sesame refined vegetable oil. Serve rice noodles as a side dish for Chinese beef.

Advice! To make the dish bright and colorful, choose bell peppers of different colors.

Compound:

• 0.4 kg beef;
• 5 pieces. multi-colored bell peppers;
• 1 PC. chili pepper;
• 2 heads of red onion;
• 4-5 garlic cloves;
• ginger root;
• 4 tbsp. l. soy sauce + for marinade;
• ½ tbsp. purified water;
• 2 tsp. starch;
• 3 tbsp. l. peanut or sesame oil + for frying;
• fresh basil;
• cilantro;
• green onion feathers;
• ground black pepper.

Preparation:

Attention! For this amount of meat you will need a ginger root 3-4 cm long.

On a note! If you like culinary experiments, try making Chinese beef with cucumbers.

Dedicated to lovers of savory dishes

Chinese beef in sweet and sour sauce turns out to be spicy and aromatic. Citrus notes combined with meat and vegetables create an unusual flavor bouquet that will not leave anyone indifferent.

Compound:

• 0.8 kg beef;
• 2 tbsp. l. peeled sesame oil + for frying;
• 1.5 tbsp. green peas;
• 1 PC. bell pepper;
• orange;
• 2 tsp. chopped ginger root;
• 2 tsp. garlic cloves passed through a press;
• 2 tbsp. l. granulated sugar;
• 4 tbsp. l. soy sauce

Preparation:

Gourmet Asian dish

Chinese beef with the addition of eggplant turns out very tasty. The recipe for this dish involves steaming eggplants. You can fry them, you just need to first salt the vegetables and leave for about fifteen minutes so that all the bitterness goes away.

Compound:

• 2 eggplants;
• 300 g beef;
• green onion feathers;
• Chili pepper to taste;
• 2-3 garlic cloves;
• 1 tsp. soy sauce;
• 1 tsp. rice wine;
• 1 tsp. granulated sugar;
• 2 tsp. purified sesame oil.

Advice! The dish will be more delicious if you use Asian eggplants.

Preparation:

1. Wash the meat, dry it and cut it into thin strips.
2. Place the beef pieces in a deep container.
3. Peel the garlic cloves and squeeze them through a press, adding them to the meat.
4. Add soy sauce, granulated sugar, sesame oil and rice wine.
5. Mix everything well and leave for half an hour to marinate the beef.
6. Wash the eggplants and cut into medium slices.
7. Let's steam the eggplants using a slow cooker or double boiler.
8. Now heat the frying pan, do not add oil to it. Place the beef in the marinade and fry, stirring. The main thing is not to dry out the meat!
9. Wash and chop the green onions and chili peppers.
10. Place the eggplants in a deep container. We'll also send chili and green onions there.
11. Add the prepared beef to the vegetables and mix everything carefully.
12. You can invite your household to the table!

Advice! If you don't have such kitchen gadgets, boil water in a saucepan and place a colander over it. Place the eggplants in it and steam them until soft.

For lovers of Asian cuisine, I have a wonderful recipe for a spicy meat dish - Chinese beef. Without expensive ingredients, complex sauces and exotic additives, everything is prepared quickly, simply from available products. In just half an hour, tough beef turns into juicy, aromatic meat with a spicy, spicy taste. Boil rice to go with it or prepare a light vegetable salad - and a quick, delicious Chinese-style dinner is ready.

Take note of this Chinese beef recipe if you are going to celebrate the New Year according to the Eastern calendar. There is nothing unusual in it, but it clearly belongs to Asian cuisine - beef is marinated in soy sauce with ginger, pepper, spices, and garlic. Sliced ​​into thin slices, quickly fried over high heat - Chinese meat is prepared in the best traditions of healthy oriental cuisine. If very hot is not your taste, remove the chili pepper.

To prepare Chinese beef we will need:

• Beef without bone – 350-400 g;
• dark soy sauce – 3 tbsp. l;
• fresh ginger root – 4 cm;
• sesame – 1 tbsp. l;
• garlic – 0.5 large heads (2-3 cloves);
• chili pepper – 0.5 tsp;
• ground black pepper – 1 tsp;
• salt - to taste;
• ground ginger – 0.5 tsp;
• sunflower oil – 3 tbsp. l;
• carrots (optional) – 1 piece;
• fresh cilantro or parsley - a bunch.

How to cook beef in Chinese, recipe with photo

Rinse a piece of meat, remove films and fat from it. Cut into thin long strips. When I have time, I put the meat in the freezer for half an hour. Then it is very easy to cut into identical strips of the required thickness.

Place the chopped beef into a bowl. Season with spices. For Chinese beef, you definitely need ground ginger and ground black pepper, also ground. Chili is optional, I add quite a lot, twice as much as in the recipe.

Peel the ginger and garlic. Chop a clove of garlic and half of the ginger into small pieces, grate the rest on a fine grater. Mix with meat pieces, add a little salt (depending on the salinity of the soy sauce).

Pour in soy sauce. At this stage, mix everything with your hands, as if massaging the pieces of beef, rubbing the aromatic marinade into them. Cover and leave to soak for 15-20 minutes.

Whether to cook Chinese beef with vegetables or not, choose according to your taste. I like it better when there are carrots or onions, and more often I add both. This time I cooked with carrots, cutting them into cubes 4-5 cm long.

Heat the oil and check if it is hot enough. To do this, put a piece of meat, if a lot of bubbles form around it at once, the temperature is sufficient. Place the beef and fry it over medium heat, stirring until the juice and liquid from the marinade evaporate.

Add strips of carrots or onions, chopped peppers into strips. Reduce heat to medium and fry Chinese beef for two to three minutes until meat is tender. The carrots remain crunchy on the inside, but manage to soften on the outside.

Place hot meat and vegetables on a plate, sprinkle with sesame seeds and herbs. Serve immediately, hot, with or without a side dish - as you decide.

Serving the finished dish is best suited in the Chinese style - on a flat plate, instead of a fork, chopsticks. But it is quite possible to serve beef in Chinese and European style, with a fork and knife, and make a vegetable salad as a side dish.