Empress of China Beef
"This is a delicious stir-fry recipe from the Empress of China restaurant in San Francisco."
photo by Satyne
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 lb boneless sirloin steak, cut into shoestring strips
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 3 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
- 1⁄4 1/4 lb frozen snow peas, each cut in half on a diagonal or 1/4 lb french-style green beans
- 1 (3 ounce) can whole mushrooms, drained and thinly sliced
- 1⁄2 cup coarsely chopped water chestnut
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1⁄2 tablespoon sugar
- 5 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1⁄2 cup water
- steamed rice
directions
- Heat oil in large skillet; add salt, then beef.
- Cook, stirring often, over high heat to brown meat, about 5 minutes.
- Add onion, celery, snow peas, mushrooms, and water chestnuts.
- Continue cooking over high heat, stirring constantly for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Cover, lower heat and simmer for about 3 minutes.
- Combine cornstarch, sugar, soy sauce and water in small dish; mix well.
- Add to skillet; cook stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and bubbles for 1 minute.
- Serve immediately over fluffy, steamed rice.
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Reviews
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This was quite nice. I was a little worried the sauce was going to be too salty, but it came good in the end. Added extra greens that needed to be cooked and served on pad thai noodles since I had no rice (yeah, wtf?)
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