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A bowl filled with Air Fryer Orange Beef and white rice and garnished with sliced green onions.

Air Fryer Orange Beef Recipe

Delicious, crispy beef without all the added fat!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 16 minutes
Course Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 2 servings

Equipment

  • 1 Air Fryer

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb. top sirloin beef (thinly sliced about a ¼ inch thick)
  • ¼ cup corn starch + 2 tbsp.
  • ¼ cup fresh orange juice (or 4 clementine's freshly squeezed)
  • 2 tbsp. orange zest
  • tbsp. molasses
  • ½ tbsp. rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp. soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp. minced garlic cloves
  • ½ tbsp. ground ginger
  • ½ tbsp. sesame oil
  • ½ cup sliced green onion (plus more for garnish)

Instructions
 

  • Mix your steak and ¼ cup cornstarch together in a bowl.
    Beef in a white bowl, sprinkled with cornstarch.
  • Mix well so that the steak is fully incorporated with the starch.
    A white bowl filled with beef and mixed with cornstarch.
  • Place in air fryer basket and spray with oil. Cook in the air fryer at 380°F for 6 minutes per batch, do not over crowd the meat.
    Cornstarch dusted beef sitting in a black air fryer basket just before cooking.
  • While your steak is cooking, mix all of the remaining ingredients in a small saucepan. Cook on medium for about five minutes allowing the flavors to simmer.
    The sauce ingredients mixed together and warmed, sitting in a pot.
  • Once your steak has finished cooking in the air fryer, transfer to a large bowl. Add your sauce over the steak and mix well.
    Orange sauce poured over the cooked beef.
  • Serve over rice, or noodles. Top with sesame seeds or green onions and enjoy!
    An overhead view of a white bowl filled half way with white rice, and half with Air Fryer Orange Beef.

Notes

Please note that the nutrition data given here is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible.
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