Beef with broccoli
6 servings

Ingredients
- 1 cup Beef, sliced thin
- salt
- 2 tbsp Soya sauce
- 1 tbsp wine
- 1/2 dn broccoli, shredded in 3" - lenghts - OR
- 1/2 lbs broccoli, shredded in 3" - lengths
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1/2 cup water
Method
Carefully slice beef into thin bite size pieces, across the grain of beef. Marinate beef in soya sauce, wine and salt. Shred broccoli. Place oil in wok and heat to smoking point. Quickly stir-fry beef in it, no more than 3 minutes. Remove beef to a platter and reserve.
Add broccoli to wok, 1/2 cup water, sugar. Turn burner to medium high heat, cover broccoli, cook 6 minutes. Lift the cover of the wok and stir the broccoli every so often so that it will cook on both sides. At the end of 6 minutes, the broccoli should just be cooked through, if it isn't, cook a minute or 2 more. Add beef back to broccoli, stir everything together. Place in platter.
Note: pork, or chicken may be substituted, only do not remove pork or chicken to a platter after initial stir-frying but continue to cook it with broccoli.
Beef is removed for reserve because it toughens with prolonged cooking.

    

Crisp Beef in Chili sauce
4 servings

Ingredients
- 1 lb beef steak Marinade
- 1 tb light soy sauce
- 2 ts rice wine (sake)
- 1 ts sesame oil
- 1/2 ts salt
- 3 tb cornstarch
- 1 tb all-purpose flour
- 2 c peanut oil Sauce
- 2,5 tbsp chilli sauce
Method
Place the meat in the freezer for about 20 minutes, or until it is firm to the touch. Cut it into slices against the grain, then finely shred the slices. Combine the meat with the marinade and mix very well.
Heat the wok or large skillet intil it is hot. Add the 2 cups of oil and when it is very hot and almost smoking, deep-fry the beef in 2 batches. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain the meat in a colander. Reheat the oil in the wok until it is very hot. Deep-fry the beef again until it is very crisp, about 1 minute. Remove the beef with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels and place on a warm platter. Gently toss the beef with the chilli sauce and serve immediatly. Serves 4 as part of a chinese meal, or 2 as a single dish.