Bruce Lee's Oyster Sauce Beef
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
1 pound beef flank steak, sliced*
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon rice wine or sherry
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce or regular soy sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoons canola, peanut, or other vegetable oil (or less if using a nonstick pan), divided
1 large onion, sliced vertically (Vidalia, Maui, or Walla Walla sweets, if available)
2 slices unpeeled ginger root about the size of a thick quarter
2 cloves garlic, peeled and mashed
1/4 cup water
4 tablespoons oyster sauce
Recipe
Mix the beef slices well with the cornstarch, wine, soy sauce, and sugar. Set aside. Heat half the oil in a wok or frying pan over high heat until hot but not smoking. Add the onion, ginger slices, and garlic. Stir constantly for about 1 minute; then reduce the heat and stir until the onion is partially cooked but not brown. Remove from pan.
Heat the remaining oil over high heat and add beef slices. Cook and stir constantly for about 2 minutes; add the onion mixture and continue stirring for about 1 minute or until most of the pink of the meat is gone. Add the water and oyster sauce and then cook and stir until the beef is done and the mixture is thickened. Discard the garlic and ginger slices if desired. Serve immediately with a steamed or stir-fried green vegetable (spinach or broccoli is great) and steamed white or brown rice on the side. When combined with other dishes, it could also form part of a Chinese meal for more guests.
* To slice flank steak: Cut the steak lengthwise with the grain into long pieces about 2 inches wide. Then slice each piece against the grain into 1/8-inch slices.
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