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Stir-fried beef with snow peas, ginger, garlic and basil

J. Kenji López-Alt · ♥ 938 likes · 54.7K views · 6 min video

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  • 1½ lb skirt steak
Heat the wok until smoking hot; add oil, then chopped garlic and ginger.
  • baking soda
  • salt
  • MSG
  • dark soy sauce
  • Shaoxing
  • oil
  • chopped garlic
  • ginger
Add the marinated skirt steak all at once and stir-fry until just about done, about a minute.
  • snow peas
  • water
Add the snow peas, precooked in a bowl with a little water in the microwave for 90 seconds.
Snow peas and the sauce
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • water
  • cornstarch slurry
Add the sauce of dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, oyster sauce and sugar, a little water and a little cornstarch slurry; add water as needed to adjust the texture of the sauce.
  • basil leaves
Add basil leaves and turn off the heat.