Air Fryer Crispy Honey and Ginger Beef
by Hayley Dean
I aways enjoy the challenge of recreating my favourite takeaway dishes in the air fryer, but making them a little bit healthier whenever I can. By coating the beef strips in cornflour and air frying them, you get a gorgeous crispiness to the meat without any deep frying. I serve my version of this Chinese classic with sticky rice, but you could easily up the veg by heating through a stir-fry mix.
Method
Based on 2 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Slice the steak into finger-width strips.
Step 2
Combine the garlic paste with 1 tablespoon of the ginger paste and 2 tablespoons of the soy sauce (if cooking for 2) in a medium bowl. Add the steak strips to the bowl and toss to coat them in the mixture.
Step 3
Put the cornflour into a shallow bowl. Piece by piece, add the steak to the bowl and coat in the cornflour.
Step 4
Preheat the air fryer to 180°C.
Step 5
Spritz the base of the air fryer with oil, add the coated steak and spring onions, then cook at 180°C for 7 minutes, tossing part-way through the cooking time.
Step 6
While the beef is cooking, combine the honey with the remaining soy sauce and ginger paste.
Step 7
Transfer the beef to a heatproof dish and coat everything with the honey-ginger sauce. Return the dish to the air fryer for a final 1 minute.
Step 8
Serve the beef straight-up or on top of some microwaved sticky rice, with all the yummy cooking juices.
- Ingredients
- Based on 2 servings
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6 Spring Onions, chopped into 4cm lengths 1x Sainsbury's Spring Onions Bunch 100g -
400g Sirloin Steaks, about 200g per person 2x Sainsbury's British or Irish 21 Day Matured Sirloin Steak 225g -
1tbsp Honey 1x Sainsbury's Runny Honey 340g -
3tbsp Soy Sauce 1x Sainsbury's Light Soy Sauce 150ml -
3tbsp Cornflour 1x Sainsbury's Cornflour 500g -
220g Microwaveable Sticky Rice, to serve 1x Bens Original Sticky Rice Microwave Rice 220g -
1tsp Garlic Paste 1x KTC Minced Garlic Paste 210g -
2tbsp Ginger Paste 1x KTC Minced Ginger Paste 210g