Stir-fried beef and celery

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ pounds Lean beef
1 teaspoon Cornstarch
¼ teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Sherry
1 teaspoon Soy sauce
1 teaspoon Oil
5 Celery stalks
1 Clove garlic
2 teaspoons Cornstarch
¼ teaspoon Sugar
2 tablespoons Water
1 dash Pepper
1½ tablespoon Oil
½ cup Stock
1½ tablespoon Oil

Directions

1. Shred beef. Combine cornstarch, sugar, sherry, soy sauce and oil. Add to beef and toss to coat.

2. Shred celery lengthwise; then cut in 1-½ inch lengths. Peel but do not crush garlic.

3. Combine remaining cornstarch and sugar with water and pepper.

4. Heat oil. Rub pan with garlic clove until garlic turns brown; then discard. (Hold garlic with chopsticks or fork.) Add celery and stir-fry a few times to coat with oil.

5. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Cook, covered, 2 minutes over medium heat. Remove celery and liquid from pan.

6. Heat remaining oil. Add beef and stir-fry until it begins to brown.

Return celery and liquid, stir-frying to reheat and blend flavors.

7. Stir in cornstarch mixture to thicken. Serve at once.

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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