Chinese Beef Recipes - Deep-Fried Beef Slivers with Celery Recipe

Ingredients

• 30 ml/1 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 450 g/1lb lean beef, cut into slivers

• 3 stalks celery, shredded

• 1 onion, shredded

• 1 spring onion (scallion), sliced

• 1 slice ginger root, minced

• 30 ml/2 tbsp soy sauce

• 15 ml/1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp sugar

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt

• 10 ml/2 tsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

• 30 ml/2 tbsp water

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Method:

1. Heat half the oil until very hot and fry the beef for 1 minute until just browned. Remove from the pan.

2. Heat the remaining oil and fry the celery, onion, spring onion and ginger until slightly softened.

3. Return the beef to the pan with the soy sauce, wine or sherry, sugar and salt, bring to the boil and stir-fry to heat through.

4. Mix together the corn-flour and water, stir into the pan and simmer until the sauce is thickened. Serve at once.