Name: Szechuan Beef
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1/2 lb Beef; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 tsp Sesame Seed Oil; 1 pinch Pepper; 1 Egg White; 3 tbs Starch; 4 tbs Oil; 1 tsp Ginger; 1 tsp Garlic; 3/4 cup Onion; 1/2 cup Carrots; 3/4 cup Green Pepper; 1 cup Celery; 1 cup Mushrooms; 1 tbs Cooking wine; 1 cup Water; 1 tbs Oyster Sauce; 1/2 tsp Hotsauce; 1 tsp Sugar; 1 tbs Soy Sauce

Beef

3 servings

420 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Marinate beef with salt, sesame seed oil, pepper, egg white, 2 tbsp starch and 1 tbsp oil

BeefSaltSesame Seed OilPepperEgg WhiteStarchOil

Step 2

Stir-fry marinated beef in 2 tbsp oil until golden brown and set aside

BeefOil

Step 3

Heat 1 tbsp oil and stir-fry minced ginger and minced garlic briefly

OilGingerGarlic

Step 4

Add onion, carrots, green pepper, celery and mushrooms; add cooking wine and 1 cup water

OnionCarrotsGreen PepperCeleryMushroomsCooking wineWater

Step 5

Add oyster sauce, hot sauce and sugar to make the sauce

Oyster SauceHotsauceSugar

Step 6

Return cooked beef and add 1 tbsp soy sauce

BeefSoy Sauce

Step 7

Whisk 1 tbsp starch with 2 tbsp water and slowly add slurry to thicken the sauce

StarchWater