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Calgary Ginger Beef

Name: Calgary Ginger Beef
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Canada
Ingredients: 400g Beef Round; 5 tbsp Potato Starch; 1 Egg; 2 knob Ginger; 2 cloves Garlic; 1/2 Carrot; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 1 Red Chili Pepper; 3 tbsp Sugar; 2 tbsp Vinegar; 2 tbsp Soy Sauce; To taste Oil for frying; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Strips of beef fried crisp and tossed in a sweet, gingery sauce — a Chinese dish born in Calgary, Alberta.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ginger beef is a uniquely Canadian Chinese dish said to have been created at a Calgary Chinese restaurant in the 1970s. Strips of beef are battered and double-fried, then tossed in a sweet-and-sour sauce with ginger, garlic, and chili. It's now a standard at nearly every Chinese restaurant in western Canada.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Around a round table at a Calgary Chinese restaurant, a family shares a big platter of glossy ginger beef with white rice at a weekend dinner.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef Round 400g
Potato Starch 5 tbsp
Egg 1
Ginger 2 knob
Garlic 2 cloves
Carrot 1/2
Green Bell Pepper 1
Red Chili Pepper 1
Sugar 3 tbsp
Vinegar 2 tbsp
Soy Sauce 2 tbsp
Oil for frying To taste
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into strips and coat well with beaten egg and potato starch.
Fry in 170°C oil for 3 minutes, remove, raise to 190°C, and fry again until crisp.
Cut the ginger, garlic, carrot, and green pepper into thin strips.
Heat a little oil in a frying pan and stir-fry the ginger, garlic, red chili, and vegetables.
Add the sugar, vinegar, and soy sauce, bring to a boil, and reduce until thickened.
Add the fried beef, toss quickly, and serve with rice.

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