Recipes for success

Kick off 2025 with these delicious and healthy dishes from Weight Watchers Ambassador Laura Meyer

Crispy chilli beef

SERVES 4

Ingredients

For the sauce

2 cloves of garlic, very finely minced

4 tbsp dark soy sauce

2 tbsp rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar

1 tbsp Sriracha (or less if you don’t like it too spicy)

½ tbsp honey

1 tsp Chinese 5-spice

¼ tsp ground ginger

For the beef and rice

400g lean beef strips

2 tbsp cornflour

2 tsp Chinese 5-spice

240g basmati rice (dry weight)

½ tsp sesame oil

For the stir-fry

1 onion, finely sliced

1 pepper, deseeded and finely sliced

1 chilli, sliced

¼ tsp ground ginger

2 limes

2 spring onions, finely chopped

1. Begin by making the sauce. Put all the ingredients into a mixing jug with 2 tablespoons of water, give it a good stir and then leave to one side.

2. Next, put a couple of pieces of kitchen paper onto a plate, pop the beef on and dab away excess water from the surface. Put the beef in a large bowl, add the cornflour and 5-spice and mix everything together.

3. Set your rice to boil and once ready, set aside.

4. Take a large wok, heat to high and pour in 1/4 teaspoon of the sesame oil. Once hot, add about a third of the beef in one layer and fry for a few minutes until you see one side starting to go nice and crispy. Turn the beef and let it crisp up on all sides, then remove from the pan and set aside on a plate. Repeat this until you have cooked all of the beef.