Chinese Beef Recipes - Beef with Vegetables Recipe
Ingredients
225 g/8 oz lean beef
15 ml/1 tbsp corn-flour
(cornstarch)
15 ml/1 tbsp soy sauce
15 ml/1 tbsp rice wine or
dry sherry
2.5 ml/1/2 tsp sugar
45 ml/3 tbsp groundnut
(peanut) oil
1 slice ginger root,
chopped
2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt
100 g/4 oz onion, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 red pepper, sliced
100 g/4 oz bamboo shoots,
sliced
100 g/4 oz carrots, sliced
120 ml/4
fl
oz/1/2 cup beef stock
Method:
Slice the beef thinly against the grain and place it
in a bowl.
Mix together the corn-flour, soy sauce,
wine or sherry and sugar, pour over the beef and
toss to coat. Leave to stand for 30 minutes, turning
occasionally.
Heat half the oil and stir-fry the
beef until just browned then remove it from the pan.
Heat the remaining oil, stir in the ginger and salt
then add the vegetables and stir-fry until coated
with oil.
Stir in the stock, bring to the boil,
cover and simmer until the
vegetables are tender but still crisp. Return the
beef to the pan and stir over a gently heat for
about 1 minute to heat through.