Serves: 4
Total Calories: 379

1/2 pound lean beef
1 pound vegetable
1 or 2 slice fresh ginger root
1 clove garlic
1 stalk scallion
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon sherry
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons oils
1 1/2 tablespoons oils
1/2 cup Stock, Chicken or favorite stock

1. Slice beef thin against the grain. Slice vegetables. Mince ginger root. Crush or mince garlic. Cut scallion stalk in 1-inch sections.

2. Blend cornstarch, sherry and soy sauce.

3. Heat oil. Add ginger root, garlic and scallion and stir-fry a few times. Add beef and stir-fry until it loses its redness (about 2 minutes). Remove from pan.

4. Heat remaining oil. 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, stir-frying to reheat and blend flavors. Then stir in cornstarch mixture to thicken. 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 3, add with the ginger root, etc., 1 tablespoon fermented black beans (soaked), mashed or 1 tablespoon brown bean sauce, mashed.
* Cook the vegetables first (as in steps 4 and 5) and remove from pan. Then stirfry the beef (as in step 3). Stir in the sherry and soy sauce (omit the cornstarch). Then return vegetables, stir-frying to reheat and blend flavors.

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

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 4
Total Calories: 379
Calories from Fat: 150

More Recipes from the Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook Cookbook:
*Beef
Basic Braised Beef
Basic Steamed Beef
Basic Stir-Fried Beef I
Basic Stir-Fried Beef I or II: Suggested Vegetable Combinations (1-4)
Basic Stir-Fried Beef I or II: Suggested Vegetable Combinations (5-7)
Basic Stir-Fried Beef II
Beef Velveteen
Braised Anise Beef I
Braised Anise Beef II
Braised Beef Balls
Braised Curried Beef
Braised Marinated Beef
Braised Short Ribs of Beef With Black Beans
Deep-Fried Beef Liver Cubes
Deep-Fried Beef Slivers With Celery
Deep-Fried Beef Strips And Onion
Deep-Fried Chinese Steak
Deep-Fried Hot Beef Shreds
Deep-Fried Paper-Wrapped Beef
Deep-Fried Short Ribs of Beef
Deep-Fried Sweet-and-Pungent Beef Cubes
Marinated Beef
Red-Simmered Beef I
Red-Simmered Beef II
Red-Simmered Beef Tongue
Red-Simmered Spiced Beef With Turnips
Smoked Beef Balls
Smoked Beef I
Smoked Beef II
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Steamed Beef Cubes
Stir-Fried Beef And Bamboo Shoots
Stir-Fried Beef And Bean Curd
Stir-Fried Beef And Bitter Melon
Stir-Fried Beef And Cauliflower
Stir-Fried Beef And Celery
Stir-Fried Beef And Chinese Cabbage
Stir-Fried Beef And Chinese Turnips
Stir-Fried Beef And Ginger Root
Stir-Fried Beef And Lotus Root
Stir-Fried Beef And Mushrooms
Stir-Fried Beef And Onions
Stir-Fried Beef And Oyster Sauce I
Stir-Fried Beef And Oyster Sauce II
Stir-Fried Beef And Peas
Stir-Fried Beef And Peppers
Stir-Fried Beef And Preserved Mustard Cabbage
Stir-Fried Beef And Rice-Flour Noodles
Stir-Fried Beef And Snow Peas
Stir-Fried Beef And String Beans I
Stir-Fried Beef And String Beans II
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Stir-Fried Beef Liver I
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Stir-Fried Hot Beef Shreds
Stir-Fried Onion Crackle Beef
Sweet-and-Pungent Beef Balls I
Sweet-and-Pungent Beef Balls II