Serves: 4
Total Calories: 313

1/2 pound beef
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
dash pepper
1/4 cup Stock, Chicken or favorite stock
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons oils

1. Slice beef thin against the grain.

2. In one cup, combine oyster sauce, salt, sugar, pepper and stock. In another, blend cornstarch, soy sauce and water to a paste.

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

4. Stir in oyster sauce mixture and heat quickly. Cook, covered, 1 minute over medium heat.

5. Stir in cornstarch paste to thicken. Serve at once.

VARIATIONS:
* In step 2, add to the oyster sauce mixture 3 scallion tops, cut in 1-inch sections.
* In step 2, omit the stock from the oyster sauce mixture. Add instead: 3 tablespoons sherry, 1 tablespoon soy sauce and 1 to 2 slices fresh ginger root, minced. In step 4, stir this mixture in well. Then add the stock and cook, covered, 1 to 2 minutes. Pick up step 5, but omit soy sauce from the cornstarch paste.
* In step 3, before adding the beef, add 1 garlic clove, crushed and 1 small onion, sliced thin. Stir-fry until onion is translucent.

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

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 4
Total Calories: 313
Calories from Fat: 116

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