Beef And Asparagus

Name: Beef And Asparagus (蘆筍炒牛肉)
Yield: This would serve 3 or 4 people as a main course.
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 cups oil; 1 medium clove garlic, lightly smashed and peeled; 1 quarter -sized slice peeled ginger; 1 pound asparagus; 1 tablespoon oyster sauce; ⅓ cup stock or water; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon dry sherry; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 1 pound flank steak; 1 tablespoon oil; 1½ tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons water; ½ teaspoon sugar; 2 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 3 tablespoons water and 2 teaspoons sesame oil

蘆筍炒牛肉

Preparation info

This would serve
3 or 4
people as a main course.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

Stir-fried, then steam-cooked briefly, asparagus is marvelous combined with beef. The oyster sauce does not make the dish fishy; it merely strengthens the flavor.

Ingredients

1 pound flank steak

Asia
China
Main course

Method

Preparations and slippery-coating

Cut the meat lengthwise into 3 strips. Cut the strips crosswise into ¼-inch-thick slices. Place them in a bowl. Add the marinade and mix until well blended. Let the meat marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or longer.

Wash the asparagus well; s

Ingredients

Method

Preparations and slippery-coating

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