Serves: 4
Total Calories: 376

1/2 pound lean beef
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon sherry
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 pound vegetable
1 or 2 slice fresh ginger root
1 1/2 tablespoons oils
1 1/2 tablespoons oils
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Stock, Chicken or favorite stock

1. Slice beef thin against the grain. Combine cornstarch, soy sauce, sherry and sugar. Add to beef and toss to coat. Let stand 15 minutes, turning occasionally.

2. Slice vegetables. Mince ginger root.

3. Heat oil. Add beef and stir-fry until it loses its redness (about 2 minutes). Remove from pan.

4. Heat remaining oil. Add salt, then ginger root and stir-fry a few times. Add vegetables and stir-fry to heat and coat with oil.

5. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Cook, covered, over medium heat, until vegetables are nearly done.

6. Return beef and stir-fry to reheat and blend flavors (about 1 minute more). Serve at once.

NOTE: Any vegetable can be used (see Vegetable Dishes, Basic Stir-Fried Vegetables: Specific Vegetable Cooking Instructions for details). For suggested combinations, see Vegetable Dishes, Basic Stir-Fried Vegetables: Combinations.

VARIATIONS:
* In step 1, add to the cornstarch mixture 1 egg, beaten.
* Omit the cornstarch, sherry and sugar, and double the soy sauce instead. Toss beef in the soy, then dip in beaten egg.
* In step 3, before adding beef, add 1 garlic clove, crushed and 1 scallion stalk, cut in 1/2-inch sections, and stir-fry a few times.

The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 4
Total Calories: 376
Calories from Fat: 150

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Basic Stir-Fried Beef I
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