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Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger, minced
- 1 tablespoon garlic, chopped
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar (cutdown to maybe 1/2 of cup)
- vegetable oil, for frying (about 1 cup)
- 1 lb flank steak
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 large green onions
Details
Preparation
Step 1
• 1 Make the sauce by heating 2 tsp of vegetable oil in a medium saucepan over med/low heat.
• 2 Don't get the oil too hot.
• 3 Add ginger and garlic to the pan and quickly add the soy sauce and water before the garlic scorches.
• 4 Dissolve the brown sugar in the sauce, then raise the heat to about medium and boil the sauce for 2-3 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
• 5 Remove it from the heat.
• 6 Slice the flank steak against the grain into 1/4" thick bite-size slices.
• 7 Tilt the blade of your knife at about a forty five degree angle to the top of the steak so that you get wider cuts.
• 8 Dip the steak pieces into the cornstarch to apply a very thin dusting to both sides of each piece of beef.
• 9 Let the beef sit for about 10 minutes so that the cornstarch sticks.
• 10 As the beef sits, heat up one cup of oil in a wok (you may also use a skillet for this step as long as the beef will be mostly covered with oil).
• 11 Heat the oil over medium heat until it's nice and hot, but not smoking.
• 12 Add the beef to the oil and sauté for just two minutes, or until the beef just begins to darken on the edges.
• 13 You don't need a thorough cooking here since the beef is going to go back on the heat later.
• 14 Stir the meat around a little so that it cooks evenly.
• 15 After a couple minutes, use a large slotted spoon to take the meat out and onto paper towels, then pour the oil out of the wok or skillet.
• 16 Put the pan back over the heat, dump the meat back into it and simmer for one minute.
• 17 Add the sauce, cook for one minute while stirring, then add all the green onions.
• 18 Cook for one more minute, then remove the beef and onions with tongs or a slotted spoon to a serving plate.
• 19 Leave the excess sauce behind in the pan.
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