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Chinese Hunan Beef - CDKitchen.com

serves/makes:
  
ready in:
  30-60 minutes

ingredients

3/4 pound beef flank steak
1 egg white
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon chili paste with garlic (Szechuan paste)
5 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon sugar
several drops sesame oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 tablespoons cooking oil
4 cups watercress leaves
1 tablespoon dry sherry
1/8 teaspoon salt

directions

Partially freeze beef for ease in slicing. Slice, across grain, in thin slices.

In bowl combine beef with egg white and 1 tablespoon cornstarch. Set aside.

In separate bowl, stir together soy sauce and chili paste; blend in 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch, sugar, sesame oil, and garlic. Set aside.

Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in wok or large skillet. Stir-fry meat, half at a time, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, adding additional tablespoon of oil if necessary.

Return all meat to skillet. Add sauce mixture; cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Remove meat to one side of a warm platter; keep warm. Wipe wok clean.

Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil; add watercress, sherry, and salt. Stir-fry 30 to 45 seconds. Arrange watercress on other side of platter.

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