Stir-Fried Orange Beef with Chilis and Wild Mushrooms

Name: Stir-Fried Orange Beef with Chilis and Wild Mushrooms
Yield: Serves 3 to 4 as a Main Course, 5 to 6 as Part of a Multicourse Meal
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green and white scallion rings; 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 1½ tablespoons cold stock or water; 1½ cups China Moon Infusion, China Moon Double Stock, or unsalted chicken stock; 2 tablespoons mushroom soy sauce; ½ cup fresh peas, or 1 cup tipped and strung sugar snap peas or roll-cut asparagus nuggets; 2 to 3 cups corn or peanut oil, for velveting and stir-frying; 1 tablespoon finely minced garlic; 1 cup small clusters of oyster mushrooms; 1 cup loosely packed baby spinach leaves or thick ribbons of ruby chard; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 4 to 6 Italian field or other wild mushrooms, cut into thick slices; 2 fat scallions, cut into 1-inch nuggets; 2 tablespoons finely minced fresh ginger; ¼ cup freshly squeezed orange juice; Green and white scallion julienne, for garnish; 1 small red onion, cut into ¾-inch squares; 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; 1 tablespoon mushroom soy sauce; 1 tablespoon China Moon Chili-Orange Oil; ½ small bulb fennel, cut crosswise into ⅛-inch arcs; ¾ to 1½ teaspoons sugar; 1 small red (bell) pepper, cut into ¾-inch squares; Finely minced zest of 1 scrubbed orange; ¾ pound trimmed flank steak, all fat and tough sinew removed; 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar; 1 tablespoon “goop” from China Moon Chili-Orange Oil; 1 red Fresno chili, finely minced; 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Preparation info

Serves
3 to 4
as a Main Course

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

China Moon Cookbook

By Barbara Tropp

Published 1992

About

Drop all thoughts of the saccharin-sweet, deep-fried orange beef that is a fixture in Hunanese-American restaurants! This is a light-style, gustily seasoned stir-fry embellished with fresh orange zest and just enough sugar to bring forth the heat.

The beef will be tastiest if marinated overnight, but if you are in a hurry, the time can be cut short and the dish made in under an hour.

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Asia
China
Dinner
Spicy

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