Beef with Green and Red Peppers Recipes

Ingredients :

2 tbsp dark soy sauce

1 tsp rice wine or dry sherry

1 tsp cornflour

1 tsp sugar

3 tbsp vegetable oil

1 red pepper, seeded, cored and cut into 5 x 1cm strips

1 green pepper, seeded, cored and cut into 5 x 1cm strips

2 slices of fresh ginger

2 garlic cloves, crushed

salt

Method :

Trim the fat from the meat and cut along the grain into long strips, about 5cm wide.
Then slice the strips across the grain into thin slices, about 3 mm.
Place the beef in a bowl, add the soy sauce, rice wine, cornflour and sugar and mix well.
Set aside.
Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a wok over medium high heat until hot.
Add the peppers and stir for 1 minute.
Transfer to a platter.
Heat the remaining oil in the same wok and add the ginger and garlic.
Stir a few times until fragrant, then stir the beef mixture again and pour into the wok.
Stir constantly for about 2 minutes, or until the beef is almost done.
Return the peppers to the wok and give a few big stirs with a spatula with well mixed and heated.
Taste and add salt if necessary.
Serve immediately.

As a meal in its own light, this needs no accompaniment other than rice or noodles.

Serves 4 - 6