Stir Fried Beef with Snow Peas and Cashews

By emme

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 pounds flank steak, thinly sliced
• 2 T soy sauce
• 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 t red pepper flakes, or more to taste
• 2 T canola oil, divided
• 8 ounces snow peas, stem ends trimmed
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 T minced fresh ginger
• 1/2 cup cashews, roasted, unsalted, chopped
• ? cornstarch ?

Preparation

Step 1

Put steak in freezer for 15 minutes to make it easier to slice. Then slice

Combine steak and soy sauce in medium owl, cover, and refrigerate while preparing other ingredients.

Whisk hoisin sauce, water, and pepper flakes together in small bowl.

Heat 2 t oil in large nonstick skillet over high heat until just smoking. Add half of steak, break up clumps with a wooden spoon and cook, without stirring, for 2 minute. Toss steak until browned about the edges, about 30 seconds. Transfer to clean owl. Heat 2 t oil in skillet until just smoking and repeat with remaining beef.

Add remaining 2 t oil to now-empty skillet and heat until just smoking. Add snow peas and cook, stirring once or twice, for 2 minutes. Clear center of pan and add garlic and ginger. Cook, mashing garlic mixture with back of spatula, until fragrant, about 45 seconds. Stir garlic mixture into snow pears, then toss in steak.

Whisk hoisin sauce mixture to recombine, pour into pan, and cook until thickened, about 1 minute. (Must have some cornstarch in there somewhere??)

Stir in cashews and transfer to platter. Serve