Recipe - Deep-Fried Paper-Wrapped Beef

1 pound Lean beef
1 Clove garlic
4 tablespoon Soy sauce
2 tablespoon Sherry
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Prepared mustard
1 ds Pepper
3 dr Sesame oil; more or less
Parchment or waxed paper
Oil for deepfrying

1. Cut beef against the grain in slices One half inch thick, then in rectangles
1 by 1One half inches.

2. Mince garlic, and combine with soy sauce, sherry, sugar, salt, prepared
mustard, pepper and sesame oil. Mix well, then add to beef and toss gently
to coat. Let stand 1 hour, turning meat occasionally.

3. Drain well, discarding marinade. Then wrap beef in paper envelopes (see
"HOWTO SECTION"). Meanwhile, heat oil.

4. Add beef a few envelopes at a time, and deepfry until done (about 5
minutes). Drain on paper toweling and serve beef hot in wrappers.

NOTE: The wrappers help hold in flavor and retain heat. To eat, the diner
breaks the envelope open with chopsticks or fork and discards the paper.

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.