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The staple dish of Chinese take-out restaurants.
Ingredients:
1 pound beef (rouladen)
1 celery stalk
1 carrot
3 hot chili peppers
2 Tbsp fresh ginger, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp sesame oil
Marinade:
2 Tbsp dark soy sauce
1 Tbsp cooking wine
1 tsp sugar
2 Tbsp ginger juice
1 egg white, lightly beaten
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 Tbsp hot chili oil (optional)
Sauce:
1 Tbsp wine
2 Tbsp light soy sauce
1 Tbsp vinegar
4 Tbsp sugar (can substitute brown sugar or
honey, if desired)
1/2 tsp sesame oil
2 Tbsp water
chili oil or chili powder to taste
4 to 5 cups oil for deep-frying
1 Tbsp oil for stir-frying
Directions:
Cut beef into matchstick strips, cutting along the
grain. (The meat is easier to cut if it is partially
frozen).
To make ginger juice for marinade, peel and grate
ginger. Squeeze out juice.
Mix four marinade ingredients. Add to beef and
marinate for 30 minutes.
Begin preparing vegetables. Cut carrots, celery, and
pepper into thin strips. Mince garlic. For ginger,
use the leftover minced ginger from the preparation
of ginger juice.
Mix the sauce ingredients. Set aside.
Beat the egg white and add water. Add flour and
cornstarch. Mix the batter thoroughly. Drop the
batter into the marinated meat.
Heat wok. When heated, add 4 - 5 cups of oil. When
the oil is ready, add about 1/4 of the meat/batter
mixture. Deep-fry the beef until golden brown.
Remove and set aside. Let oil come back to original
temperature and add more meat.
When meat is cooked, clean the wok. Heat and add 1
tablespoon oil. When oil is ready, add the
vegetables and begin stir-frying. Pour in the sauce
and let come to a boil. Add the deep-fried beef.
Toss quickly, and remove.
Sprinkle with sesame oil and serve hot.
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