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Title: Basic Stir-Fried Beef #2 Categories: Meat Yield: 4 Servings 1/2 lb Lean beef 1 lb Vegetables 1 Or 2 sl Fresh ginger root 1 Clove garlic 1 Scallion stalk 1 tb Cornstarch 1 tb Sherry 2 tb Soy sauce 1 1/2 tb Oil 1 1/2 tb Oil 1/2 c Stock 1. Slice beef thin against the grain. Slice vegetables. Mince ginger root. Crush or mince garlic. Cut scallion stalk in 1-inch sections. 2. Blend cornstarch, sherry and soy sauce. 3. Heat oil. Add ginger root, garlic and scallion and stir-fry a few times. Add beef and stir-fry until it loses its redness (about 2 minutes). Remove from pan. 4. Heat remaining oil. Add vegetables and stir-fry to heat and coat with oil. 5. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Cook, covered, over medium heat, until vegetables are nearly done. 6. Return beef, stir-frying to reheat and blend flavors. Then stir in cornstarch mixture to thicken. Serve at once. NOTE: Any vegetable can be used. See "Cooking Instructions for Specific Vegetables" for cooking time; see "Suggested Vegetable Combinations" for possible combinations. VARIATIONS: In step 3, add with the ginger root, etc., 1 tablespoon fermented black beans (soaked), mashed; or 1 tablespoon brown bean sauce, mashed. Cook the vegetables first (as in steps 4 and 5 ) and remove from pan. Then stir-fry the beef (as in step 3). Stir in the sherry and soy sauce (omit the cornstarch). Then return vegetables, stir-frying to reheat and blend flavors. From from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey. |