Cooking Recipe Chinese: Asparagus With Black Bean Beef

Recipe Ingredients

CATE VANICEK

1/2 lb Beef, sliced, marinated

1 lb Asparagus

1/4 ts Baking soda, dissolved in

2 teaspoons water

1 tb Chinese fermented black

Beans, minced with:

4 Garlic cloves (1/2 teaspoon

Each)

1 ts Rice wine

2 ts Soy sauce

Peanut oil

ARINADE FOR BEEF

1 ts Cornstarch

1 ts Soy sauce

1/2 ts Rice wine

1/2 ts Sugar

1/4 ts MSG (optional)

1/2 ts Salt

GRAVY MIXTURE

1 ts Cornstarch

1/3 c Water

Directions

Cut the beef when it is partially frozen, and cut it across the grain
into thin slices.

Stir baking soda solution into the beef (to help tenderize it). Stir
in the marinade. Then stir in 1 tsp peanut oil and marinate the beef
for one hour or more in the refrigerator.

Heat 1 tablespoon peanut oil over high heat, add 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Stir in asparagus. Add 1/4 cup water. Cover pan for 2 minutes, and
do not lift lid. When done, remove to a platter.

Over high heat, add 1 tablespoon of oil. Stir-fry the RINSED black
beans and garlic mixture. Stir for a few seconds. Add the beef.
Stir-fry quickly until barely. Do not overcook or the beef will
become tough. Sizzle in 1 tablespoon of rice wine and 2 teaspoons of
soy sauce. Stir in asparagus.

Add gravy mixture. Stir until thickened. Serve hot.

SOURCE: Stella Chan's Secrets in the Art of Chinese Cooking.

Categories matching this recipe

Chinese ,Beans ,Beef ,Vegetables ,Main dish