Sweet and spicy shaved steak

 I think the shaved steak is a European way of meat because when Lidl...the European grocery store, opened up and  started carrying shaved steak the other regular American grocery stores around us started carrying the shaved steak also.

         I like the shaved steak quite a bit. The texture is great and I usually either make a beef staganoff with it or vermicelli with beef. Super delicious. But I have never deep friend the shaved steak like this before. I found this recipe and I followed it and boy o'boy...its one of the most delicious and melt in your mouth shaved steak.

Sweet and spicy shaved steak (Deep fried shaved steak in sweet and spicy sauce)

Sweet and spicy shaved steak

Ingredients:

1. 1 lb shaved steak
2. 1 teaspoon each of grated ginger and grated garlic
3. 2 tablespoons soya sauce
4. 1 tablespoon sesame oil
5. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper
6. 1 egg
7. 2 tablespoons corn starch
8. oil for deep frying.
9. Store bough sweet chilli sauce

Separate the shaved steak and ingredient from #2-#5 and set it aside for 20-30 minutes. Beat the egg lightly and mix the steak well.

Heat the oil. Add the corn starch and mix well.

Separate the meat into 1 inch big portions and fry for 2-3 minutes stirring occasionally so that all sides get fried evenly. Drain and fry the rest of the meat in batches. Do not over crow the pan otherwise the meat will all stick together and lump up.

Add 2-3 tablespoons of chilli sauce or more if you like and enjoy with noodles or sticky rice

Baked sweet potato cakes

 Ti's the season for all things sweet potato. But for me...I don't need any season/reason to eat sweet potatoes. They are one of my favorite spuds/studs .

My local super market had a whole lot of yams right in front of the door and I picked up some and walked to where I know my favorite spuds are usually available. And there I see the sweet potatoes. So I put down the yams and get some sweet potatoes. I thought they were pretty much the same. Turns out I was very very wrong. They both are very different

Anyway, I made these baked sweet potato cakes and they flew off the counter super fast.

Baked sweet potato cakes 

Baked Sweet Potato cakes

Ingredients:

1. 2 medium sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 1 cm round (or any way which is easy for you to cut into pieces)
2. 1 egg
3. 1/4 cup sugar
4. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, cinnamon, nut meg, baking powder
5. 2/3 cup all purpose flour
6. 1 tablespoon butter

Boil the sweet potato pieces until fork tender. Drain and mash them. Mix all the ingredients into a smooth past.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Lay parchment paper on a baking dish. 

Make patties out of the dough about 2-2.5 inches diameter and 1/2 inch thick.

My sweet potato mix was a bit on the running side where I couldn't really made a patty. So I put a dollop of the mix on the parchment and spread it into a circle as much as possible.

Bake for 23-25 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before eating as is, or for more yumminess...top it with whipped cream and enjoy!