Recipe - Beef And Asparagus With Oyster Sauce

One half pound Steak (flank or sirloin)
2 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 teaspoon Peanut oil
1 teaspoon Cornstarch
2 tablespoon Peanut oil
2 sl Fresh ginger
2 Cloves garlic
Fresh asparagus; washed,
with tough parts removed;
cut diagonally into 2 inch
lengths
4 (up to)
5 Large; dried oriental
mushrooms; reconstituted
and cut into strips
3 Green onions; cut or sliced up

OYSTER SAUCE
One fourth cup Bottled oyster sauce
One fourth cup Chicken broth
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Cornstarch

Slice One half pound steak across the grain into strips. Marinate for One half hour
in 2 Tablespoons soy sauce, 1 teaspoon peanut oil and 1 teaspoon
cornstarch. In wok, heat 2 Tablespoons peanut oil. Add ginger and garlic.
Saut‚ until brown. Remove and discard ginger and garlic. Stirfry meat for
about 2 minutes. Add asparagus, mushrooms and onions. Stirfry until
asparagus turns bright jade green. Stir sauce ingredients together until
well blended. Pour over vegetablemeat mixture. Reduce heat. Cook 1 to 2
minutes until sauce is thickened. Yield: 4 servings.

ROBERT HENDERSON

From Traditions: A Taste of the Good Life, by the Little Rock (AR) Junior
League. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.