Haven't been eating much recently so decided to make one of my favourite foods to encourage me for a few days. Crispy chilli beef, and some chow mein for good measure

Recipe: https://www.kitchensanctuary.com/crispy-chilli-beef/

I actually got the beef right this time.

Every other time I've made it, it went more soggy than crispy as soon as the sauce hit it, despite increasing cooking time with each attempt,. 'd basically cooked it until it was crispy and left it at that.

This time I didn't cook it, I cremated it. I left it in oil a lot longer than I really felt comfortable with and it seems to have worked perfectly

@babe When I did cook that kind of thing the crispy chili beef was a real challenge with timing and flavouring, looks like you nailed it though!
@stx I cheat a bit by doing it in stages. The beef is cooked followed by veg, sauce mixed in a jug then all combined at the end. Saves the awkward timing in everything
@babe Oh you're not cheating! That's the secret, you're not spinning plates all of the time. You can just take one of the plates down and put it to the side. You did a good job, chef!
@babe @stx This is the way. We have a big Thai peanut noodles dish we do periodically, and I do exactly the same—protein, then veggies then noodles, then it all comes together.
@babe hot damn, that looks awesome 😍
@stuart @babe it really does...!
@sldrant @stuart It is delicious. Definitely my favourite recipe for this!
@babe ::salivation ensues::
@babe I haven't made crispy beef in AGES. Gonna have to do that now.
@babe Yum. Do you follow @mapotofu?
@jef I don't. I have problems with food so I try to keep it to a minimum on my home tl

@babe ooooh that looks so good.

I remember the last time I made it was because you posted pics of yours, and it looks like I'll need to do that again :P

@diffractie It is *so* good, especially with a decent soy
@babe wow that looks so good
@babe holy moly that looks good!
@leberschnitzel It's amazing, I highly recommend it!
@babe bookmarked for later use!
@babe did you post this recipe a while ago? I remember making (and loving) it from a recipe that looked very similar.
@cloudthethings Yeah I've posted it a few times now I think. It's the best one I've ever tried
@babe it is absolutely delicious, I agree 😊
@babe man that looks awesome. I'll have three plates please. 😋
@babe mmmm, niice 🤤 filed the recipe for later.
For me a Ragù alla Bolognese is that kind of magic too.

@babe

Okay, *that* looks delicious. I may have to try it...

@babe That looks amazing!
@babe that looks so good… and that recipe is even gluten free if you swap the soy sauce for tamari… yay 🥳