Recipe - Beef With Asparagus

2 teaspoon Ginger; minced
One half pound Beef, lean; strips
2 tablespoon Wine; Shaoxing or dry sher
1 One half teaspoon Cornstarch
3 tablespoon Soy sauce; dark
3 tablespoon Oil
One half teaspoon Oil; sesame
1 pound Asparagus; cut into 2" piece

In medium bowl, combine ginger, wine, soy sauce and sesame oil. Toss beef
strips in mixture and marinate 30 minutes to several hours. Drain beef and
reserve marinade. Combine marinade with enough water to make 1/3 cup.

Dissolve cornstarch in this mixture. Heat wok on high heat and add 1 tbls.
oil. Add beef to pan; stirfry until meat loses raw color, about 1 minute.
Remove meat from pan. Add rest of oil to wok. Add asparagus and stirfry
on medium heat until heated through. Return beef to pan; add reserved
marinade. Increase heat to high and cook until sauce thickens.

Serve immediately.

VARIATIONS: When asparagus is not in season, cut or sliced up Chinese or
Westernstyle broccoli can be used in its place. For a richer sauce, reduce
soy sauce in marinade to 1 tbls. dark soy; add 2 tbls oyster sauce to pan
during last step.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #264

Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 21:33:44 +0800 (HKT)

From: Sweeney sweeney@asiaonline.net