Recipe - Deep-Fried Sweet-And-Pungent Beef Cubes

Sweetandpungent sauce
1 pound Lean beef
1 Egg
1 Clove garlic
Cornstarch
Oil for deepfrying

1. Prepare a sweetandpungent sauce (see recipes "SweetandPungent Sauce
#1" or #2, and/or Typical Combinations or Possible Combinations).

2. Cut beef in 1/2inch cubes. Beat egg; mince garlic and add.

3. Dip beef in egg mixture; then dredge lightly in cornstarch to coat.
Meanwhile, heat oil.

4. Add beef cubes, several at a time, and deepfry until golden. Drain on
paper toweling.

5. Reheat sweetandpungent sauce. Stir in beef cubes only to heat through.

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