Name: Rice-Powder Steamed Beef (粉蒸牛肉)
Yield: Serves 2 with a crisp salad and light vegetable
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ⅛ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon dry sherry; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 1 teaspoon minced peeled ginger; 2 teaspoons hot bean sauce; ⅓ cup cream-of-rice cereal; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1½ tablespoons water combined with 2 tablespoons oil; 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 1 tablespoon water; 1 tablespoon minced scallion white; ½ pound flank steak; 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; ½ teaspoon five-fragrance powder

Preparation info

Serves
2
with a crisp salad and light vegetable

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

This is a marvelous Szechuan specialty. The tender meat is fluffily coated by a marinade-seasoned toasted rice powder. It is a subtly spicy dish. Unfortunately, rice powder is hard to get and is often rancid, but cream-of-rice cereal makes an excellent substitute. Serves 2 with a crisp salad and light vegetable, such as Stir-fried Celery, Spinach, or Chinese Cabbage. It also makes an excellent appetizer in a chafing dish, from which people may help themselves with toothpicks.<