Black Pepper Beef with Green Beans

By Susan52

Ingredients

• 1 pound green beans, ends snapped off and strings removed
• 3/4 pound flank steak, trimmed
• 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce or soy sauce1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 slices unpeeled fresh ginger
• 1 medium onion, sliced

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 10mins
Adapted from newsletter.pubgroup.com

Preparation

Step 1

Snap green beans into halves or thirds to make pieces about 2 1/2 inches long.

Slice steak with the grain into 2-inch-wide strips. Then slice the strips across the grain into 1/8-inch-thick slices.

Whisk together soy sauce, cornstarch, wine, sugar and black pepper in a medium bowl. Add beef and mix well.

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok or stir-fry pan over high heat until oil is hot but not smoking. Test by dipping a spatula in the beef mixture and then into the oil; it should sizzle. Add green beans and stir about 1 minute. Add water and reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook until tender-crisp, 6 to 9 minutes. Transfer beans and liquid to a shallow dish.

Add remaining oil to pan and increase heat to high. Add ginger and stir until oil is hot and ginger sizzles. Add onion and stir constantly 1 minute. Stir beef mixture and add to pan. Cook, stirring, until beef is no longer pink, about 2 minutes.

Return beans and liquid to pan and stir until mixed well and heated thoroughly, about 30 seconds. Discard ginger.