Shanghai Beef

Name: Shanghai Beef
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: beef, flank steak (london broil); beef stock; vegetable oil; water chestnuts; water; sweet red bell peppers; soy sauce, tamari; cornstarch; scallions, spring or green onions; black pepper; rice

Submitted by rsayegh

One skillet Chinese style beef and pepper stir fry. Makes a quick and easy all in one weeknight meal.

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

20 min

READY

30 min

Ingredients

POUND BEEF, FLANK STEAK (LONDON BROIL)
sliced thinly across the grain, any cut of beef will do

OUNCES BEEF STOCK

TABLESPOONS VEGETABLE OIL

OUNCES WATER CHESTNUTS
sliced

CUP WATER

MEDIUM SWEET RED BELL PEPPERS
chopped

TABLESPOONS SOY SAUCE, TAMARI

TABLESPOONS CORNSTARCH

SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS
diagonally cut

TEASPOON BLACK PEPPER

1 ½

CUPS RICE
cooked

Directions

Brown beef in hot oil in a skillet, about 5 minutes. Add water chestnuts, red bell pepper, scallions (spring onions) and black pepper. Cook, 2 minutes longer.

Mix broth, water, soy sauce and cornstarch, stir into beef mixture. Cook and stir until mixture thickens and comes to a full boil. Stir in rice. Cook, remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.