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       Title: SZECHUAN BEEF STIR-FRY
  Categories: Beef, Stir-fry, Oriental
       Yield: 1 servings
  
       1 lb Beef flank steak
       2 tb Reduced-sodium soy sauce
       4 ts . Oriental dark roasted
            -sesame oil, divided
   1 1/2 ts Sugar
       1 ts Cornstarch
       2    Cloves garlic, crushed
       1 tb . fresh ginger, minced
     1/4 ts Red pepper pods, crushed
       1 sm Red bell pepper, cut into 1
            -inch pieces
       1 pk (8 oz’s.) frozen baby corn,
            -defrosted
     1/4    Ib  pea pods, julienne s
  
   Cut beef steak lengthwise into two strips; slice
   across the grain into 1/8-inch thick strips. Combine
   soy sauce, 2 teaspoons oil, sugar and cornstarch; stir
   into strips. Heat remaining 2 teaspoons oil in large
   skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic, ginger and
   pepper pods; cook 30 seconds. Add bell pepper and
   corn; stir-fry 1 1/2 minutes. Add pea pods; stir-fry
   30 seconds. Remove vegetables. Stir-fry beef strips
   1/2 at a time) 2-3 minutes. Return vegetables and beef
   to skillet and heat through. Makes 4 servings.
   
   SERVING SUGGESTION: Hot cooked rice.
   
   FOOD FACTS: Per l/4 of recipe, calories 267; protein
   26 g; fat 13 g; carbohydrate 10 g; iron 3.2 mg (17.5
   percent RDA); sodium 392 mg; cholesterol 57 mg. Per
   l/2 cup rice, calories 132; protein 3 g; fat 0 g;
   carbohydrate 29 g; iron 1.1 mg (6.2 percent RDA);
   sodium 2 mg; cholesterol 0 Mg.
   
   From the files of Al Rice, North Pole Alaska.    Feb
   1994
  
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