Recipe - Thai Basil Beef

4 tablespoon Peanut oil
3 Cloves garlic
3 Jalapeno peppers (yes,
really 3!)
1 lg Green bell pepper
1 pound Beef steak
2 tablespoon Thai fish sauce
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 teaspoon Sugar
One fourth teaspoon Ground white pepper
One half cup Chopped fresh basil
OR
1 tablespoon Dried basil is a weak
substitute, but will work

Peel and chop garlic. Seed jalapenos and remove membrane. Slice. Cut green
pepper into thin slices. Beef should be thinly slice across the grain.

Heat wok and add the oil and garlic. Chow for a very brief moment. Then
add the peppers, chow for a few minutes. Next add meat. Chow again for just
a couple of minutes so that the meat sears to medium rare.

Quickly add the remaining ingredients and toss for a moment.

Serve with thin noodles or rice. 2 generous serving.

Adapted from "The Frugal Gourmet on our Immigrant Ancestors" by Jeff Smith.

== Courtesy of Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md. === Converted by MMCONV
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