Black Pepper Beef With Green Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

1 Snap green beans into halves or thirds to make pieces about 21/2 inches long.
2. Slice steak with the grain into 2-inch-wide strips. Then slice the strips across the grain into 1/8-inch-thick . slices.
3. Whisk together soy sauce, cornstarch, wine, sugar and black pepper in a medium bowl. Add beef and mix well.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Return beans and liquid to pan and stir until mixed well and heated thoroughly, about 30 seconds. Discard ginger. Serves 4.