Is it possible to cook tender juicy beef in sweet and sour sauce at home? Of course, and even necessary! After all, there are a lot of recipes. Consider the most successful options.

Chinese beef in a sweet and sour sauce in a pan

The highlight of this dish is a feature of slicing meat. It should be very finely chopped. And, of course, how to do without light piquancy.

Ingredients:

  • half a kilogram of beef meat;
  • 50 ml of soy sauce;
  • 50 ml of white wine;
  • glass of water;
  • a tablespoon of sugar and grated ginger;
  • ½ teaspoon ground coriander;
  • vegetable oil;
  • 2 cloves of garlic;
  • pepper and salt to your taste.

Cooking:

  1. Mix soy sauce, water, wine and sugar to get a sweet and sour dressing.
  2. Wash the meat and cut into long thin strips.
  3. Fry ginger with chopped garlic for a minute.
  4. Add the sauce to the overheat and bring it to a boil.
  5. In a boiling mass we send meat and simmer on low heat for about half an hour.
  6. Seasonings are put a few minutes before readiness.
  7. Stew meat until the liquid evaporates.
  8. Serve beef stew with rice, optionally garnish with herbs.

Cooking meat with prunes

Prune beef deserves special attention. The meat is very tender and aromatic.

You will need:

  • a pound of boiled beef;
  • 100 g washed and refined prunes;
  • medium onion;
  • two cloves of garlic;
  • a glass of water or broth;
  • a couple of tablespoons of flour;
  • pepper and salt to taste;
  • vegetable oil.

Cooking:

  1. The prepared prunes are sent to boiling water for 20 minutes so that it softens.
  2. Meanwhile, we cut a piece of boiled beef into small pieces.
  3. We chop the onion in half rings.
  4. Grind the garlic with a knife.
  5. We send onions and garlic to a heated pan, frying them until transparent.
  6. We add meat here, trying to fry every piece from all sides.
  7. We shift the mass to the edge of the pan, and pour and lightly fry the flour on a free place, stirring constantly.
  8. Pour into the mixture the broth in which the beef was boiled, or ordinary water so that there were no lumps.
  9. When everything boils, it's time to add prunes. Stew it until soft.
  10. The final touch is salt and pepper.
  11. The meat with the prunes is ready! Can be served with mashed potatoes or rice.

With bell pepper

This option will not leave indifferent at the dining table. The taste of bell pepper will add originality to the Chinese dish.

Take:

  • 400 g of beef pulp;
  • 5 bell peppers (preferably multi-colored);
  • chilli;
  • red onion;
  • 3 cloves of garlic;
  • half a glass of water;
  • ginger root;
  • 2 teaspoons of starch;
  • basil, cilantro and green onions - preferably fresh, in extreme cases, dried;
  • pepper, salt - optional;
  • soy sauce for marinades.

Phased process:

  1. Prepare the marinade by mixing the sauce with pepper and butter.
  2. We cut the meat into thin pieces, and send for an hour to marinate.
  3. Peppers and peppers are cut into strips.
  4. Grind chili rings.
  5. Ginger root cut into strips, onions - thin feathers.
  6. We dilute starch with water and add a couple of tablespoons of sauce to the liquid.
  7. Fry the meat in a pan until browning.
  8. Add garlic, onion, ginger and simmer for a couple more minutes.
  9. We spread all kinds of pepper there and bring them to a crispy state.
  10. Pour the starch mixture into the total mass, simmer all together for several minutes until thickened.
  11. The dish is ready. We decorate it with herbs and serve to the table.

With pineapple in the oven

Beef with pineapple, cooked according to this unusual recipe, will be a worthy decoration of the festive table.

Products:

  • 600 g of meat;
  • a can of canned pineapple;
  • 20 g of starch;
  • 50 g of tomato sauce;
  • 30 ml of soy sauce;
  • cooking oil.

How to cook:

  1. Lightly fry finely chopped meat.
  2. Mix starch, pineapple juice and sauce.
  3. Add the resulting compound to the meat.
  4. Grease a baking dish with oil and transfer the ingredients there.
  5. Bake at 170 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

How to cook with vegetables

A traditional option for all occasions. Products are affordable, the result is amazing. We cook it in a slow cooker.

We will need:

  • a pound of beef;
  • onion;
  • carrot;
  • some tomato paste;
  • a teaspoon of flour, vinegar and sugar;
  • spice;
  • cooking oil.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Multicooker in the "Frying" mode - put the onion and simmer it until golden.
  2. Next comes the carrots, chopped with straws.
  3. We put tomato paste with flour.
  4. And finally, the beef itself.
  5. Fill the mixture with water so that the meat is not visible.
  6. We set the mode "Extinguishing" - for 2 hours.
  7. After an hour, we send sugar, spices, vinegar to the bowl.
  8. Salt at will.
  9. Leave to stew until the end of time.

You can decorate and serve. With vegetables, beef turns out to be incomparable and literally melts in your mouth.

These are easy recipes available, and most importantly, very quick. Be sure to experiment in the near future by cooking beef according to one of the proposed options. You will not regret!

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