Recipe - Stir-Fried Pepper Beef

FOR BEEF
1 pound Flank steak
2 One half tablespoon Soy sauce
1 One half tablespoon Chinese rice wine or sake or
Scotch
1 teaspoon Dark sesame oil
1 One half teaspoon Cornstarch

FOR SAUCE
1 teaspoon Cornstarch
One half cup Chicken broth or water
2 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or sake or
Scotch
1 teaspoon Sugar
2 tablespoon Fermented black beans
1 One half tablespoon Minced garlic
1 One half tablespoon Minced peeled ginger
One half teaspoon Dried red hot pepper flakes
4 One half tablespoon Vegetable oil
1 md Red onion; cut or sliced up thin
1 Yellow bell pepper; cut into
thin
; strips
1 Red bell pepper; cut into
thin
; strips
1 Orange bell pepper; cut into
thin
; strips
1 Green bell pepper; cut into
thin
; strips
3 tablespoon Chopped fresh basil

Make beef: Trim any fat or gristle from beef and cut along grain into
strips about 2 to 3 inches wide. Cut strips across grain into very thin
slices. In a bowl, combine beef with remaining ingredients, stirring with
your hands until coated well, and marinate at room temperature 30 minutes.

Make sauce: In a small bowl stir cornstarch into broth or water to dissolve
and stir in remaining sauce ingredients. Rinse and drain black beans. Chop
beans and in a small bowl combine with garlic, ginger and red pepper
flakes.

Heat a wok or deep 12inch skillet over high heat until hot and add 3
tablespoons oil. Heat oil until it begins to smoke and stirfry beef until
no longer pink and slices separate. Transfer beef with a slotted spoon to a
large colander and drain.

Wipe out wok or skillet and heat over high heat until hot. Add remaining 1
One half tablespoons oil. Heat oil until it begins to smoke and stirfry black
bean mixture until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Add onion and bell peppers
and stirfry until softened, 2 to 3 minutes.

Stir sauce and add to vegetable mixture. Stirfry mixture until sauce is
thickened. Add beef and stirfry until heated through. Stir in basil and
transfer to a platter. Serve beef with mock mandarin pancakes or rice.

Yield: 6