Chinese American / Sichuan-inspired Recipe
Crispy Shredded Beef
Crispy shredded beef is a Chinese American dish of thin beef strips fried crisp and tossed in a sweet, spicy, or tangy sauce.
Recipe at a glance
| Purpose | Additional Chinese restaurant menu recipe family |
| Cuisine or format | Chinese American / Sichuan-inspired |
| Consolidation rule | Closely related menu names are treated as one recipe family when the sauce, technique, or format is the same. |
Ingredients
- 1 lb flank steak or sirloin, cut into thin strips
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- Oil for frying
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon black vinegar or rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon chile paste or chile oil
- 1 garlic clove
- Scallions
Method
- Cut beef into very thin strips.
- Coat with cornstarch.
- Fry until crisp and browned.
- Drain well.
- Simmer soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, chile paste, and garlic.
- Toss beef quickly in sauce.
- Serve immediately.
Variations and substitutions
- Adjust protein, vegetables, and heat level only when the core technique and sauce remain recognizable.
- For allergies or religious dietary needs, check sauces, broth, wrappers, cooking wine, nuts, sesame, shellfish, and shared wok or fryer use.
- For restaurant-style versions, texture matters as much as flavor: fried items should stay crisp, noodles should not become mushy, and sauces should coat rather than flood the dish.