Beef Strips with Orange Dijon Dipping Sauce

Ingredients:

Beef Strips: 

• 1 lb of beef steak (whatever variety you want)
• 1 cup of flour (with salt and pepper added to taste)
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups panko breadcrumbs
• vegetable oil

Orange Dipping Sauce:

• 1/2 cup orange marmalade
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tsp. fresh ginger, minced

Directions:

1.  Make sure to pound this beef down until it is super thin, just like that recipe, and cut into strips against the grain. {This whole process makes the strips much more tender.}
2. Completely coat each beef strip with flour, bathe in the egg, and then dip into the panko breadcrumbs. Set aside.
3. Heat up enough vegetable oil to create about 1/2 inch pool in the bottom of your pan. Grandma Paula gives a fantastic tip here: the oil is the right temperature when a panko crumb sizzles in the oil and doesn't burn too quickly.
4. As the oil heats up, turn your attention to the dipping sauce. Whisk the sauce ingredients together in a small saucepan, and bring to a boil. Once at a boil, turn off the heat.
5. Place each beef strip into the oil and let it cook for less than a minute on each side. That's all that is needed, promise. It will be tender, delicious, and most importantly - cooked.