Stir-fried Beef with Snow Peas

Here is something quick and easy to make.

1 pound of beef
3 tablespoons corn starch
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 pound snow peas
4 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup oyster sauce

1. Slice the beef against the grain as thinly as you can. If your meat was frozen and thawing, it's easier to slice the meat thinly when it's semi-frozen. Mix with corn starch (you could probably use flour too, but I've never tried it) and sesame oil. Refrigerate overnight. If you are in a hurry, maybe one hour is okay. Or use it immediately, tell me how it turns out.

2. Snap the end of each pea, pulling the strings off.

3. Smash garlic into large chunks against the blade of a knife. You could mince it if you wanted too...this is just what my mom insisted.


4. Heat oil in a pan, and cook the garlic on medium until it is browned.


5. Change your heat to high. Add your beef and stir-fry continuously until the beef is halfway cooked.


6. Add your oyster sauce and snow peas. If there doesn't seem to be enough oyster sauce, add some more. My mom kind of took over the cooking (she does that a lot) so I'm estimating the amount of oyster sauce she added. Mix often until the snow peas are cooked. The snow peas will darken in color.



And...devour! I love the veggies because they are still a little crunchy. My mom loves the bits of browned garlic.