Sweet and Sour Beef Recipe

Summary

Cooking Time20 MinDifficulty LevelEasy
Health IndexAverageCuisine
CourseMethod
DishMain Ingredient
Interest Group

Ingredients

 Butter15 Gram
 Topside of beef - 1.5 kg/3 lb , trimmed of fat and cut into thin strips
 Medium onions - 2 , peeled and chopped
 Celery stalks - 4-6 , chopped
 Pineapple chunks - 1 x 800 g/1 lb 12 oz can
 Beef Stock600 Milliliter
 Salt1 To taste
 Ground black pepper1 To taste
 Cornflour - 4 x 15 ml spoons/4 tablespoons
 Soy sauce - 2 x 15 ml spoons/2 tablespoons
 Tomato ketchup - 2 x 15 ml spoons/2 tablespoons
 Vinegar - 6 x 15 ml spoons/6 tablespoons

Directions

MAKING
1.In a pan, heat the butter and saute beef in it until brown.
2.Put onions and celery in it and fry for 5 more minutes by stirring well.
3.Strain the juice from pineapple and mix it with water to make 600ml.
4.Add the juice to the pan.
5.Also add stock, salt and pepper to it and let it boil.
6.Once boiled, put the lid on and cook for 1 hour until soft.
7.Combine cornflour, soy sauce, tomato ketchup and vinegar and blend.
8. Add the mixture in the pan and add pineapple chunks along with it.
9.Boil and keep stirring.
10.Cook on low flame for 2-3 minutes until thick.
11.Serve or freeze for later use.

SERVING
12.Serve with garnishing of cream.
13.If frozen, thaw at room temperature for 4 hours and reheat before serving.
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