Basic Beef Stir-Fry

This is a good basic recipe for marinating and stir-frying beef that you can adapt according to your tastes and the ingredients you have on hand.

Ingredients

2 pound beef

2teaspoons soy sauce

1teaspoon cornstarch

14teaspoon baking soda

1tablespoon vegetable oil

2tablespoons oil for stir-frying

1clove garlic, smashed

1tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry

12teaspoon sugar

1. Cut the beef across the grain into thin strips. Add the soy sauce, cornstarch, and baking soda to the meat, in that order. Use your hands to mix in the cornstarch and baking soda. Marinate the meat for 30 minutes, add the vegetable oil, and marinate for another 30 minutes.

2. Add oil to a preheated wok or skillet. When oil is hot, add the garlic and stir-fry briefly until aro-matic. Add the beef, laying it flat on the wok. Let the meat cook for a minute, turn over and brownon the other side, and then begin stir-frying. When it is nearly cooked through, add the rice wine and sugar. When the meat is cooked, remove from the wok and drain on paper towels.

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