Five Spice Beef And Pepper Stir Fry And Rice With Smoked Almonds Recipe
Ingredients
| Beef broth or stock - 2 cups, paper container or canned | ||
| Oil | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Beef sirloin or beef tenderloin tips - 1 & 1/2 pounds, trimmed, sliced and cut into bite-size pieces | ||
| Green bell peppers | 1 To taste, diced | |
| Onion - 1 medium, coarsely diced | ||
| Cooking sherry | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Tamari soy sauce | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Corn starch | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Chinese five-spice powder - 1 teaspoon (1/2 palmful, found on Asian foods aisle of market) | ||
| Cracked freshly ground black pepper, to taste | ||
| Scallions - 3, thinly sliced on an angle, for garnish | ||
| Almonds | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs), smoked | |
Directions
MAKING
1) In a saucepan, boil water for rice and prepare the rice following package directions.
2) In a small pot pour beef broth and cook over low heat.
3) Heat a wok-shaped skillet or pan over high heat.
4) Add oil and heat until smoking.
5) Add beef bits and fry for 3 minutes. Drain out from the pan and keep side.
6) Put pan over heat and add peppers and onions.
7) Saute for 2 minutes and add meat into it.
8) Stir in sherry and fry until liquid for about 1 minute until liquid evaporates.
9) Mix soy sauce to it.
10) In a small bowl dissolve cornstarch in warm beef broth.
11) Transfer the beef broth to the pan, cornstarch mixture, the five-spice powder and black pepper.
12) Stir until thick.
13) Adjust seasonings and add more soy or salt if necessary.
14) Take off from heat.
SERVING
15) Put beef stir-fry into dinner bowls.
16) With an ice cream scoop put a rounded scoop of rice on top of beef.
17) Garnish with chopped scallions and smoked almonds.
1) In a saucepan, boil water for rice and prepare the rice following package directions.
2) In a small pot pour beef broth and cook over low heat.
3) Heat a wok-shaped skillet or pan over high heat.
4) Add oil and heat until smoking.
5) Add beef bits and fry for 3 minutes. Drain out from the pan and keep side.
6) Put pan over heat and add peppers and onions.
7) Saute for 2 minutes and add meat into it.
8) Stir in sherry and fry until liquid for about 1 minute until liquid evaporates.
9) Mix soy sauce to it.
10) In a small bowl dissolve cornstarch in warm beef broth.
11) Transfer the beef broth to the pan, cornstarch mixture, the five-spice powder and black pepper.
12) Stir until thick.
13) Adjust seasonings and add more soy or salt if necessary.
14) Take off from heat.
SERVING
15) Put beef stir-fry into dinner bowls.
16) With an ice cream scoop put a rounded scoop of rice on top of beef.
17) Garnish with chopped scallions and smoked almonds.
Chef
