Recipe - Stir-Fried Beef And Peppers

One half pound Lean beef
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Sherry
One half teaspoon Sugar
2 Green peppers
1 One half tablespoon Oil
1 One half tablespoon Oil
One half teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Soy sauce

1. Dice beef in 1/2inch cubes. Combine soy sauce, sherry and sugar. Add to
beef and toss. Let stand 15 minutes, turning occasionally.

2. Seed green peppers; then dice in 1inch squares.

3. Heat oil. Add peppers and stirfry until slightly softened. Remove from
pan.

4. Heat remaining oil. Add beef and stirfry until it begins to brown.

5. Return peppers. Sprinkle with salt and remaining soy sauce. Stirfry
until done (about 2 minutes more). Serve at once.

NOTE: This is sometimes called Chinese Pepper Steak. VARIATIONS:

In step 1, substitute either of the following for the soy mixture:

1 teaspoon cornstarch, 1 teaspoon tomato sauce, 1 teaspoon sherry, 1
tablespoon soy sauce, One half teaspoon sugar and 1 egg, beaten.

2 tablespoons soy sauce, One half teaspoon salt, dash of pepper, and 1 small
onion and 1 garlic clove, both minced. At the end of step 1, drain the beef
and reserve this marinade. Then add the marinade along with the peppers in
step 5, omiting the salt and soy sauce.

In step 3, add with the peppers 1 cup celery, minced .

For color contrast, use 1 green and 1 sweet red pepper.

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