If you love chilli beef recipes this article will definitely tickle your takeaway tastebuds.
Most of us think of Crispy Chilli Beef from a Chinese restaurant or takeaway, but there are plenty of other ways to enjoy and prepare chilli beef dishes. This article should give you plenty of ideas!

- 1 Gok Wan’s Chinese Crispy Beef & Fried Rice
- 2 Air Fryer Crispy Chilli Beef Recipe
- 3 Japanese Style Chilli Beef Recipes
- 4 Jamie Oliver Crispy Asian Chilli Beef Mince
- 5 Cantonese Style Sweet and Sour Chilli Beef
- 6 Sichuan Chilli Beef Recipe
- 7 Honey Ginger Chilli Beef Recipe with Kale Fried Rice
- 8 Vietnamese Lemongrass Chilli Beef Recipe
1 Gok Wan’s Chinese Crispy Beef & Fried Rice
You’ll love this Gok Wan Recipe from ITV’s This Morning – it’s healthy and delicious. Using cornflour makes for a lighter and healthier batter and the dish is packed with plenty of vegetables.
The fried rice is easy to make but really delivers on taste.
This is as good as fakeaways get!
https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/goks-shredded-crispy-chilli-beef
2 Air Fryer Crispy Chilli Beef Recipe
If you want to cut down on calories but still have a crispy batter then the Air Fryer is the way to go.
This straightforward but satisfying recipe shows you how to cook air fried chilli beef with a surprisingly tasty sauce.
https://salter.com/air-fryer-crispy-chilli-beef-recipe/
3 Japanese Style Chilli Beef Recipes
Although this beef isn’t battered it comes with all the delicious Japanese flavours of sake, mirin and more. The Japanese chilli sauce is delicious on its own but really pairs well with thinly sliced beef.
Served with Jasmine rice and Baby Bok Choy this is a delicious and healthy way to enjoy chilli beef.
https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/sliced-steak-japanese-chilli-sauce/vkgc2waf
4 Jamie Oliver Crispy Asian Chilli Beef Mince
Using beef mince allows you to get crispy beef without any batter making the dish healthier, easier and less expensive.
Jamie Oliver’s Crispy Chilli Beef is designed to be a super food recipe with plenty of salad and brown rice noodles. It’s definitely one for the health conscious and people trying to lose weight.
Thankfully it does not skimp on taste!
https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/beef-recipes/asian-crispy-beef/
5 Cantonese Style Sweet and Sour Chilli Beef
Although this isn’t crispy chilli beef as such, it’s a delicious variation of Chinese chilli beef and so very much worth including.
It was invented by chefs in Hong Kong who were trying to appeal to European food tastes and so it has the addition of HP Sauce and Worcestershire Sauce.
You might find you enjoy it better than Sweet and Sour Sauce!
6 Sichuan Chilli Beef Recipe
Made using chilli oil, chilli flakes and Sichuan peppercorns this one is definitely for heat lovers.
It’s also easy and effective, as it’s made using only 4 ingredients.
The pieces of beef are fried in chilli oil with shallots, peppercorns and chilli flakes for a dry stir fry which is crispy, spicy and delicious.
7 Honey Ginger Chilli Beef Recipe with Kale Fried Rice
This a great way to use up kale – by putting it in your fried rice.
It’s also a delicious speedy supper with all the great flavours you would expect from crispy chilli beef recipes.
https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/recipes/chinese-hone-ginger-chilli-beef-with-kale-fried-rice
8 Vietnamese Lemongrass Chilli Beef Recipe
This Vietnamese beef recipe takes things to a whole new level of flavour. Be warned though, it is spicy and you may wish to reduce the amount of Thai chillies (these are pretty hot chillies) in this one.
The beef is marinated in chilli, lemongrass, chilli, sugar and fish sauce and then cooked with with vegetables and rice noodles.
This is a real treat for your tongue!
Watch our Instagram video recipe for Chinese Crispy Chilli Beef here:
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