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Beef & Choy Five5 Spice
China - North

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1 hr
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Interestingly flavored marinaded beef with fresh crunchy choy. Very Chinese. An excellent, easy to make dinner dish to accompany rice. I usually use small white stemmed bok choy but other choys can be used as well.



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Beef lean (1)
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Ginger Root
Garlic
Soy Sauce, light
Rice Wine
Five Spice (2)
Chili Flake (3)
Sugar (opt) (4)
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Bok Choy (5)
Cornstarch
Water
Oil
Oil
    Prep
  1. Slice BEEF across the grain into bite size medallions about 1/8 inch thick.
  2. Slice GINGER thin and chop very fine. Crush GARLIC and chop fine. Mix All Marinade Items into the Beef. Let marinate for about 30 minutes turning once or twice.
  3. Tear or cut leaves from BOK CHOY into pieces about 1-1/2 inches on a side. Slice the stems diagonally about 1/2 inch wide and keep separate.
  4. RUN
  5. Drain Beef thoroughly retaining all marinade.
  6. Mix drained Marinade with Cornstarch and enough Water to make about 1/4 cup.
  7. In a wok or spacious sauté pan heat 1T Oil over high heat. Stir in Beef and fry stirring until it has completely lost its raw color. If the beef was frozen keep stirring until the water it releases is boiled away. Remove beef from the pan and set aside.
  8. Add 1 T Oil to the pan. Bring up fairly hot and stir in Choy Stems. Fry stirring about 2 minutes, then stir in Choy Leaves. Fry stirring another 2 minutes or until the stems are crisp tender.
  9. Stir up the Cornstarch Mix and stir it into the pan until it comes to a boil and thickens. Adjust thickness as desired with a bit of water or boiling off.
  10. Stir Beef back in until heated.
  11. Serve immediately with plenty of long grain rice.
NOTES:
  1. Beef:   Any reasonably tender cut will do here, but trim away all removable fat and membranes..
  2. Five Spice Powder:   This is a Chinese standard and should be made with Sichuan Peppercorns. You can make it yourself per our recipe Five Spice Powder.
  3. Chilis Flake:   Korean flake is good here. The amount given will be barely noticeable - adjust to taste and how close to Korea you want to get. See my Chili Page for more information.
  4. Sugar:   This amount is about half what was in the original recipe and it still makes the dish rather sweet for my taste and I generally omit it.
  5. Bok Choy:   I prefer the white stemmed bok choy rather than the green stemmed Shanghai bok choy (called "baby bok choy" in the supermarkets). Other similar choys can be used, including Chinese broccoli.
  6. U.S. measure: t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon, c=cup, qt=quart, oz=ounce, #=pound, cl=clove in=inch
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