Spicy Orange-Glazed Beef
I love Chinese takeout just as much as the next person, but sometimes it’s nice to prepare the dish at home to make it healthier, which allows me to eat more of it! My favorite combination is tender strips of beef coated in a sweet, slightly bitter orange sauce. The Chinese take-out versions often use orange extract to drive home the orange flavor, but here, I lean on orange marmalade, orange zest, and orange juice to imbue the beef with their bright flavors. The beef cooks up in the sauce until it’s reduced and glazed all over—the perfect quick weeknight meal to serve over rice.
Ingrediënten
- ½ pound trimmed beef sirloin cut into strips 1 inch long and ½ inch wide
- 3 tablespoons orange marmalade
- Finely grated zest of ½ orange
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon mild hot sauce such as Frank’s
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Cooked white rice for serving
Instructies
- In a bowl, combine the beef, orange marmalade, orange zest, orange juice, oil, soy sauce, cornstarch, hot sauce, and garlic powder, season with pepper, and toss until evenly coated.
- Scrape the beef and sauce into a 7-inch round cake or pizza pan insert, metal cake pan, or foil pan.
- Place the pan in the air fryer and cook at 375°F until the beef is cooked through and the sauce is reduced to a thick glaze, about 10 minutes, stirring halfway through.
- Remove the pan from the air fryer and spoon the beef and sauce over rice to serve.
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