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       Title: COMPANY BEEF ORIENTAL
  Categories: Fruits, Hamburger, Main dish, Meats, Vegetables
       Yield: 6 servings
  
   1 1/2 lb Lean Ground Beef
       1 ea Onion; Sliced, Md
       1 ea Clove Garlic; Minced
     1/4 c  Soy Sauce
       2 tb Cornstarch
       1 tb Molasses
       1 ts Beef Bouillon; Instant
     3/4 c  Water
       6 oz Frozen Chinese Pea Pods, 1Pk
       5 oz Water Chestnuts; *
       5 oz Bamboo Shoots; Drained, 1 Cn
      11 oz Mandarin Orange Segments; **
  
   *     Use 1 5-oz can of water chestnuts that have been
   drained and sliced. **    Drain the can of Orange
   Segments, but reserve the syrup for the
         recipe.
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   ~----------------- Cook and stir the meat, onion and
   garlic in a large skillet until the meat is brown.
   Drain off the excess fat.  Mix the soy sauce,
   cornstarch, and molasses and stir this mixture into
   the meat mixture.  Stir in the bouillon, water, pea
   pods, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots and reserved
   mandarin orange syrup and heat to boiling.  Reduce the
   heat and simmer, covered, for about 10 minutes,
   stirring occasionally.  Stir in the orange segments,
   recover and heat for about 2 minutes.  Serve over
   cooked rice with additional soy sauce.
  
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