Szechuan Beef

Name: Szechuan Beef
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ lb beef; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp sesame seed oil; 1 pinch pepper; 1 egg white; 3 tbsp starch; ¼ cup oil; 1 tsp ginger; 1 tsp garlic; ¾ cup onions; ½ cup carrots; ¾ cup green bell pepper; 1 cup celery; 1 cup mushrooms; 1 tbsp cooking wine; 1 cup water; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; ½ tsp hotsauce; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tbsp soy sauce

A Chinese dinner. Ready in about 40 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

15 minPrep (about)
25 minCook (about)
40 minTotal time
4Servings
MediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 25 people +

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Main ingredient

3.1 lb beef Shopping tip: Usually flank or sirloin steak, sliced thin. Ground beef works too.

Fresh & other

6 egg whites
1 cup + 3 tbsp starch
2 tbsp ginger
2 tbsp garlic
4 ¾ cups onions
3 ¼ cups carrots
4 ¾ cups green bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
6 ¼ cups celery
6 ¼ cups mushrooms
⅓ cup + 1 tbsp cooking wine
6 ¼ cups water
1 tbsp hotsauce
2 tbsp sugar

Sauces & oils

2 tbsp sesame seed oil
1 ½ cups + 1 tbsp oil Shopping tip: Vegetable, canola or peanut oil (good for high heat).
⅓ cup + 1 tbsp oyster sauce
⅓ cup + 1 tbsp soy sauce

Spices & seasonings (2): salt, pepper

1 tbsp salt
6 pinches pepper

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

STEP 1 - MARINATING THE BEEF.
Add your beef, salt, sesame seed, ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp of oil, Tablespoon of corn starch, egg white and white pepper in a bowl.
STEP 2 - STIR FRY.
Heat your beef by adding ¾ cup + 1 ½ tsp of oil till the beef is golden.
Set the beef aside.
Minced ginger, minced garlic in wok add ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp of oil.
Stir-fry for few seconds.
Add all of the vegetables.
Add sherry cooking wine plus 6 ¼ cups of water.
To make the sugar, hot pepper sauce and sauce add oyster sauce.
Add your cooked beef plus 6 spoon of soy sauces.
To thicken the sauce.
Whisk 1 Tablespoon of cornstarch plus ¾ cup + 1 ½ tsp of water in bowl and slowly add to your mix-fry until it's the right thickness.