Stir-fried beef w/sweet-&-pungent radish

4 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½poundsLean beef
1tablespoonCornstarch
2tablespoonsSoy sauce (up to)
12Radishes
2tablespoonsOil
tablespoonSugar
2tablespoonsVinegar (up to)
½cupWater

Directions

1. Slice beef thin against the grain. Combine cornstarch and soy sauce. Add to beef and toss to coat. Slice (but do not peel) radishes.

2. Heat oil. Add beef and stir-fry until it loses its redness. Remove from pan.

3. Add to pan sugar, vinegar and water, and heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Then return beef and stir-fry about 2 minutes more.

4. Add sliced radishes, stir-frying only to heat through. (If left in the pan too long, radishes will lose their color.) Serve at once.

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .