Orange Ginger Beef Master Recipe

Orange Ginger Beef (Martin Yan, A Wok For All Seasons, modified)

Marinade:
2T soy sauce
1T Shao Hsing wine (or dry sherry)
2tsp cornstarch
2tsp oil (we like sesame)

3/4# beef sirloin or flank steak, thinly sliced

Orange Sauce:
1/4c orange juice concentrate
1T sugar
1T soy sauce

5 thin slices ginger
1tsp cormstarch
2tsp water
2T oil

Marinate beef for 30 minutes.

Combine sauce ingredients, set aside. Combine cornstarch and water, set aside.

Heat wok. Add oil. Add ginger slices and stir fry until fragrant, 5-10 seconds. Add beef and stir fry until barely pink, 2-3 minutes. Add sauce and stir fry for 30 seconds. Add cornstartch solution and cook, stirring, til thickened and bubbly.

Serve with steamed broccoli that's been sprinkled with sesame oil and oyster sauce.

10 February 2019

Blood Orange Sherbet

250g blood orange juice (1 large and 3 small)
100g buttermilk
5g citric acid
300g milk
100g cream
150g sugar
100g tapioca syrup
10g blood orange zest
5g tapioca starch

Whisk together juice, buttermilk, and citric acid and chill.

Measure milk into 4qt heavy saucepan. Remove 2T and whisk together with tapioca starch in a small bowl. Set aside.

 Boil milk, cream, sugar, and tapioca syrup 4 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in tapioca starch. Stir in zest, cover, and infuse 30 minutes. Strain and chill. Mix base with juice mixture and cure at least 4 hours.

30 January 2019

Mongolian Beef (Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking, modified)

Marinade:
2T water
1T soy sauce
1T oil
1tsp minced ginger
2tsp cornstarch

3/4# flank or tri-tip steak, sliced 1/4" thick across the grain (1#)

Sauce:
2T soy sauce
2T sugar
2tsp Chinese Rice wine or dry sherry
1 1/2tsp Chinese black vinegar or balsamic vinegar
1tsp hoisin sauce
1tsp chili bean sauce or chili garlic sauce

Oil for deep frying
2oz dried bean thread noodles

1 leek, halved and cut into 2" pieces
5 green onions, trimmed & cut into 2" lengths (diced)

Mix marinade ingredients, cut beef into 2" pieces and marinate 20 minutes.

Combine sauce ingredients.

Gently separate (to loosen the strands) and deep fry bean thread noodles at 375*F until they puff and expand, about 5 seconds. Drain and put on serving platter.

Stir-fry beef until barely pink, 2-3 minutes. Remove to a plate.

Stir-fry leek and onions til wilted, about 30 seconds. Add sauce and beef and stir-fry until beef is heated through and coated with sauce, 1-2 minutes. Spoon over noodles.

We were short some ingredients, so steamed some veg and served over rice.

Sweet and Spicy Garlic Shrimp Sauce

1 1/2T soy sauce
1T ketchup
1T honey
1tsp chili garlic sauce

Use as a stir-fry sauce. Saute a clove of garlic and about 1T chopped onion if desired. Good with shrimp, pork, beef, duck, venison. From Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking.