Sticky chilli beef with peanuts in lettuce

Name: Chilli beef recipe - Sticky chilli beef with peanuts in lettuce
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 egg white; 1 1/2tbsp cornflour; 500g sirloin steak (weight after trimmed of fat), sliced into postage-stamp size pieces; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2 red peppers, quartered and seeded; 10 spring onions, trimmed; 4tbsp runny honey; 4tbsp white-wine vinegar; 4tbsp soy sauce; 12 cup-shape crisp lettuce leaves, such as iceberg; 5tbsp sunflower oil; 150g salted peanuts; 1tsp dried chilli flakes (or to taste)

Sweet-sour dishes pique the appetite, as this moreish chilli beef dish proves. It makes a lovely light lunch served with steamed rice, but you can also serve it as an appetiser, albeit in smaller lettuce cups.

27 July 2022

Chilli beef recipe Sticky chilli beef with peanuts in lettuce

Nassima Rothacker

Wine recommendation:
The Páramos de Nicasia rosé 2016 (£14.95; leaandsandeman.co.uk), a juicy Spanish blend, offers plenty of soft, ripe berry fruit and gentle tannins to complement the savouriness and spiciness.