Indulge in the tantalizing flavors of Zesty Orange Beef, a culinary masterpiece that tantalizes your taste buds with a harmonious blend of sweet, sour, and savory notes. This delectable dish is a fusion of Eastern and Western flavors, featuring tender beef strips coated in a vibrant orange sauce that bursts with citrusy goodness. The secret lies in the perfect balance of zesty orange marmalade, tangy rice vinegar, savory soy sauce, and a hint of aromatic ginger. Accompanying this main course are two equally enticing recipes: fluffy Steamed Jasmine Rice, a fragrant canvas that perfectly soaks up the flavorful sauce, and a refreshing Cucumber Salad, a crisp and light side dish that adds a cooling contrast to the richness of the beef. Get ready to embark on a culinary journey that will leave you craving for more.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
ORANGE BEEF
This Chinese orange beef recipe is full of complex flavor, from dried orange peels to a hint of heat from dried chili peppers.
Provided by Bill
Categories Beef
Time 1h40m
Number Of Ingredients 27
Steps:
- First, prepare the beef: Slice the beef against the grain into 2- to 3-inch (5-7cm) pieces, between ⅛- to ¼-inch (about 0.5cm) thick. Add the beef to a medium bowl, along with the water, cornstarch, orange juice, oil, oyster sauce, baking soda, and five spice powder, if using. Marinate for 1 hour.
- Second, mix the sauce: In a medium bowl, add the warm water and sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Then add the orange marmalade, orange juice, light soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, sesame oil, and white pepper. Stir to combine, and set aside.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 306 kcal, Carbohydrate 24 g, Protein 21 g, Fat 14 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 51 mg, Sodium 1221 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 9 g, UnsaturatedFat 11 g, ServingSize 1 serving
SPICY ORANGE ZEST BEEF
This spicy orange zest beef recipe is not supposed to be Chinese food, or even Americanized Chinese take-out food. It is a lower-fat alternative while still a quick, easy, and surprisingly flavorful meal.
Provided by Chef John
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Chinese
Time 2h
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Combine beef, orange juice, rice vinegar, soy sauce, hot chili paste, brown sugar, and garlic in a large bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.
- Strain beef in a colander set over a large bowl, allowing beef to drain thoroughly, about 5 minutes. Reserve marinade.
- Stir water and cornstarch into the bowl of marinade. Whisk until cornstarch is dissolved, set aside.
- Spray skillet with cooking spray and place over high heat. Cook beef for 1 minute without stirring; cook and stir for an additional minute.
- Stir in light parts of green onion and orange zest; cook for 30 seconds.
- Stir in marinade and green onion tops; cook and stir until beef is no longer pink inside and sauce is reduced and thick, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 266.9 calories, Carbohydrate 16.8 g, Cholesterol 57.6 mg, Fat 14.3 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 18.7 g, SaturatedFat 5.6 g, Sodium 888.3 mg, Sugar 10 g
CRISPY ORANGE BEEF
A delicious crispy and sweet, yet mildly spiced beef stir-fry recipe. Great served with steamed rice and broccoli.
Provided by BEC
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Chinese
Time 1h5m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Lay beef strips out in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with paper towels. Allow to dry in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. In a small bowl, mix together the sugar, rice vinegar, orange juice concentrate, salt and soy sauce. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, combine rice and water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 minutes, or until rice is tender. Add more water at the end if necessary.
- Heat oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Toss dried beef in cornstarch to coat. Fry in the hot oil in small batches until crispy and golden brown; set aside. Drain all of the oil from the wok except about 1 tablespoon.
- Add orange zest, ginger and garlic to the remaining oil, and cook briefly until fragrant. Add the soy sauce mixture to the wok, bring to a boil, and cook until thick and syrupy, about 5 minutes. Add beef, and heat through, stirring to coat. Serve immediately over steamed rice, and garnish with broccoli.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 507 calories, Carbohydrate 59.2 g, Cholesterol 60.5 mg, Fat 18.7 g, Fiber 5.9 g, Protein 27.4 g, SaturatedFat 5.2 g, Sodium 651.3 mg, Sugar 16.9 g
ORANGE BEEF
This recipe for takeout-style orange beef is a variation on one the Brooklyn chef Dale Talde included in his new cookbook, "Asian-American: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes From the Philippines to Brooklyn," with a slightly more intensely flavored orange-flavored sauce. Mr. Talde's key insight is protected, however: Use very good steak, and cook it fast, so that below the lovely crust of its egg-white-and-cornstarch batter, the meat remains rare and luscious. Serve with steamed broccoli and white rice. And make it a few times. What appears difficult the first time through - the coating of the beef, the making of the sauce, the stir-frying of the aromatics, the stir-frying of the beef - is in fact fast and easy work, and much, much better than takeout.
Provided by Sam Sifton
Categories main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Make the sauce: Heat oil in a small sauce pan set over medium-high heat. When it begins to shimmer, add ginger, jalapeño and orange zest and stir to combine. Sauté mixture until ingredients soften, approximately 2 to 3 minutes, then add garlic and continue cooking until it softens, approximately 1 to 2 minutes longer.
- Add orange juice, brown sugar, rice vinegar, soy sauce and fish sauce to pan and stir to combine. Allow mixture to come to a boil, then lower the heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until it thickens and reduces by half, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the meat: Combine egg white, cornstarch and salt in a bowl. Add steak, tossing to coat the meat with the batter.
- In a large skillet or wok set over high heat, heat oil until it shimmers and is about to smoke. Add beef to the pan or wok in a single layer and cook without stirring until the bottoms of the pieces are crisp and golden, approximately 60 to 90 seconds. Add white pieces of scallion and chiles to the pan, then turn the beef pieces over and cook the other sides, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes more for medium-rare. Transfer to a platter.
- Pour orange sauce into the hot pan or wok, let it boil and stir it as it thickens. Add meat and white scallions and stir to coat with the sauce. Return meat and sauce to the platter and scatter green scallions over the top. Serve with steamed broccoli and white rice.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 450, UnsaturatedFat 25 grams, Carbohydrate 16 grams, Fat 35 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 19 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 1294 milligrams, Sugar 11 grams, TransFat 1 gram
ORIENTAL SPICY ORANGE BEEF
This will have your taste buds singing praise. My family and friends love this recipe. It has just the right amount of spiciness to you.
Provided by Jennifer J
Categories Beef
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- 1. In Wok heat oil to medium heat and add meat 1/3 at a time.
- 2. Stir fry 3 minutes or until browned.
- 3. Return all beef to wok and add: peel, garlic and ginger.
- 4. Stir fry 1 minute.
- 5. Stir together: corn starch, beef broth, soy sauce, sherry, marmalade and pepper.
- 6. Stir into beef.
- 7. Stirring constantly, bring to boil over medium heat.
- 8. Boil 1 minute.
- 9. Serve over rice.
SPICY ORANGE BEEF
Steps:
- Cut the beef into thin strips and slice the onion. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet over a high flame. Season the beef with salt and pepper. Saute the beef until it just begins to brown. Add the orange juice, bouillon cubes and pepper flakes. Simmer until the beef is just done. If the sauce is thin, strain through a colander, reserving the beef. Return the sauce to a saucepan over a high heat. Reduce until the sauce reaches a desirable consistency or thicken with a little cornstarch.
ORANGE BEEF
A classic from Hunan, chun pei ngau yuk translates as "old beef," very old, or as we say in China, so old it gathers dust. The main reason for this is that this dish is most often cooked with old, dried, hard orange peel, and it is fine that way. I prefer fresh orange peel.
Provided by Food Network
Categories main-dish
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Marinate the beef with baking soda in the refrigerator for 8 hours or, preferably, overnight. After marinating, wash thoroughly, twice, with cold water. Drain and dry with paper towels. Place the beef in a bowl, add the egg white, and mix well until the beef is coated. Add the wine, white pepper, 1 tablespoon peanut oil, and cornstarch, mixing with your hand each time and ingredient is added. Allow to rest for 1 hour, refrigerated. There should be no residue.
- In a bowl, combine the sauce ingredients and set aside.
- Heat a wok over high heat for 1 minute. Add the 3 1/2 cups peanut oil and heat to 400 degrees F. Place the beef strips, one at a time, in the oil and cook for 1 1/2 minutes, loosening the beef with a spatula. Remove with a strainer and drain. Heat the oil again to 425 degrees F. Place the beef strips again in the oil and cook for 2 minutes, until the beef becomes crisp. Remove and allow to drain.
- Drain off all but 1 tablespoon oil from the wok and heat over high heat for 20 seconds. Add the dried chilies, stir, and cook until darkened. Add the ginger and garlic and stir briefly. Add the fresh chili and orange peel and stir briefly. Add the scallions, and mix well. Add the beef and cook, stirring, for 45 seconds. Make a well in the center of the mixture, stir the sauce mixture, and pour in. Mix well until the sauce is absorbed and the beef acquires a shiny coating. Remove to a serving dish and serve, garnished with the orange slices.
Tips:
- To save time: Use pre-cooked rice or boil it while preparing the beef.
- Adjust the spice level: Add more or less red pepper flakes to suit your taste.
- Make it a complete meal: Serve the orange beef with steamed vegetables or a side salad.
- Garnish for presentation: Sprinkle some chopped green onions or sesame seeds on top before serving.
- Store leftovers: Keep the leftover orange beef in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Conclusion:
This zesty orange beef is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. The beef is tender and flavorful, and the orange sauce is tangy and sweet. Served over rice, this dish is sure to be a hit with the whole family. With a few simple tips and tricks, you can create a restaurant-quality orange beef at home. So, gather your ingredients, follow the recipe, and enjoy this zesty and flavorful dish!
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