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Your 'best ever' healthy 8 min beef and garlic stir fry - recipe

If health is at the heart of your cooking and eating then this is the perfect 'fakeaway' recipe for you, combining all the best Chinese-inspired flavours in one delicious bowl of edible joy

Bursting with authentic Chinese-inspired flavours including of fresh garlic, red chilli and silky, salty dark Soy sauce, this is happiness in a bowl. Hot, fresh and full of flavour - this is a wonderful 'fakeaway' without any of the nasty additives (Image: Mike English) 350g lean beef strips suitable for stir-frying e.g. rump steak, cut into thin strips or beef stir-fry strips ½ tsp Chinese 5-spice Low-calorie cooking spray ½ red pepper, deseeded and sliced ½ green pepper, deseeded and sliced 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely sliced 3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 2 tbsp dark soy sauce 1 tbsp rice vinegar 1 tsp white granulated sweetener ½ tsp ground ginger ½ tsp chilli powder 2 spring onions, trimmed and thinly sliced Combine the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sweetener, ginger and chilli powder in a bowl, then add to the pan and stir for 1 minute to coat the vegetables.

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