Stir-fried beef and onions

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ pounds Lean beef
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
¼ teaspoon Pepper
3 larges Onions
2 tablespoons Oil
½ teaspoon Salt
1½ tablespoon Oil

Directions

1. Slice beef thin against the grain. Combine cornstarch, soy sauce and pepper; add to beef and toss to coat. Slice onions.

2. Heat oil. Add salt, then onions, and stir-fry until translucent but still crisp. Remove from pan.

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

4. Return onions and stir-fry to heat through and blend flavors (about 1 minute more). Serve at once. VARIATIONS: In step 1, add to the cornstarch mixture 1 tablespoon sherry or ½ teaspoon peanut oil. Omit the pepper.

In step 3, add to the hot oil 2 teaspoons fermented black beans (soaked) and stir-fry a few times; then add beef.

After step 3, sprinkle beef with a few drops of sesame oil.

In step 4, stir in with the onions a mixture of 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon sherry, ½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon sugar. Omit the salt in step 2.

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

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