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Beefiness Stir-Fry with Bong Peppers and Blackness Pepper Sauce

A home run from the latest issue of Cooks Illustrated (March 2016). The beefiness is deliciously flavored, simply the biggest news is that, while finding time to caramelize, the beef likewise remains tender. This is accomplished through two tricks; (ane) soaking mix of i/4 teaspoon baking soda for 5 minutes. Cook's Illustrated did some measurements and calculates that but 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda volition yield meat that is 20% more tender; it does so by raising the pH on the surface of the meat, making information technology more difficult for the proteins to bail which keeps the meat more tender and moist. The second secret (2) is soaking the beef in a velveting mixture for 15-to-30 minutes.  This

Flavorful and tender beef

Today'due south recipe is similar to this 9-year-erstwhile recipe. That recipe caused me some confusion while grocery shopping and I inadvertently bought but the green pepper (not buying the ruddy pepper as well). I bought the snow peas called for in the sometime recipe; but and then forgot virtually them and did not include them in today's recipe (non called for but would accept made up for the lack of red pepper).

Chris Kimball'south guidelines for good stir fry:

1. Prep your ingredients in advance; be prepared for quick cooking time.
2. Our domestic stove-tops are shaped for a non-stick skillet, non for a wok.
3. Limit stirring during cooking and then that food can develop color.
4. Sear meat in batches and then that it doesn't steam.
5. Add aromatics concluding to preserve flavor and avoid scorching.

Rating: 4-1/2 stars.
Price: $12.
How much work? Medium.
How big of a mess?  Medium.
Start time 5:00 PM. Dinner time 5:45 PM.

Chris Kimball's original recipe is here. The descriptions of how I prepared it today are given below:

Beefiness and Marinade Ingredients:
ane tablespoon water
1/four teaspoon baking soda
ane pound flank steak
i tablespoons soy sauce
ane tablespoons dry sherry (or Chinese rice vino)
1-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoons packed light brownish sugar

1. Trim flank steak and slice into ii-i/two″ strips going with grain; and so cut each strip crosswise (against the grain) into 1/4″-thick slices. In a medium bowl, mix together 1 tablespoon water and one/four teaspoon baking soda. Add sliced beefiness and toss until coated. Allow to stand up at room temperature for v minutes. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon sherry, 1-ane/2 teaspoons cornstarch, and ane/2 teaspoon brownish saccharide. Add soy sauce mixture to beef, tossing to glaze, and allow to stand up at room temperature for xx to 30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, begin to cook the steamed white rice (encounter basic recipe below). The vegetables (bell peppers, scallions, garlic and ginger) and aromatics should all be prepared while the beef is marinating. Remove the stems and seeds from the peppers and piece into ane/iv″-wide strips. Cutting the scallions as follows: piece the white parts thinly on the bias, then cutting the dark-green parts into 2″-pieces.

Sauce and Vegetable Ingredients:
1/four cup water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
two tablespoons dry sherry (or Chinese rice wine)
i-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
2 teaspoons rice vinegar
one-1/2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
2 teaspoons coarsely ground pepper
3 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 red bell pepper
1 green bell pepper
6 scallions
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger

1. In second small bowl, whisk 1/4 cup water, two tablespoons soy sauce, 2 tablespoons sherry, ane-ane/2 teaspoons cornstarch, ii teaspoons dark-brown saccharide, ane tablespoon oyster sauce, two teaspoons vinegar, 1-ane/two teaspoons sesame oil, and two teaspoons ground black pepper. Whisk until combined.
2. Set 12″ non-stick skillet over high burner and pre-oestrus 2 teaspoons vegetable oil  until information technology simply begins to smoke. Add half of beefiness in single layer, and cook without stirring for one infinitesimal. Flip and keep to cook for 1 more minute until spotty brown on both sides. Empty cooked beefiness into a 3rd clean bowl. Repeat this step with remaining beefiness and two teaspoons vegetable oil.
3. Return skillet to high burner, and add together two teaspoons vegetable oil. Pre-estrus until the oil just kickoff to fume. Add together bong peppers and scallion greens. Cook for 4 minutes until vegetables are spotty brown and crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Empty cooked vegetables to the bowl with the beef.
4. Reduce burner to medium-high heat and return skillet to burner. Add together 4 teaspoons vegetable oil, scallion whites, garlic, and ginger. Cook for ii minutes; stirring frequently; until becomes lightly browned.
5. Return beef and vegetables to skillet and stir to combine.
6. Whisk sauce to recombine the ingredients. Add sauce to skillet and melt and stir for 30 seconds until sauce has thickened. Serve immediately over a bed of rice.

Basic White Rice:

Chris Kimball'due south original recipe is here. The descriptions of how I prepared information technology today are given below:

ane-1/two cups long grain white rice
3/4 tablespoon unsalted butter or vegetable oil
2 cups water
3/4  teaspoon table salt

1. Put rice in colander and rinse using cold running water until the water becomes clear. Gear up colander over bowl and set aside.
2. Put medium bucket over medium burner and pre-heat butter or oil. Add together rice and cook for two to iii minutes until rice becomes chalky and opaque; stirring constantly.
3. Add water and salt to pot. Increment burner to high until comes upwardly to a boil; swirl pot to alloy ingredients.
4. Cover pot. Reduce burner to low and allow to simmer without stirring for xviii to 20 minutes until all the liquid has been absorbed.
5. Remove from heat, and place a make clean kitchen towel; folded in half; over saucepan; replacing the hat. Allow to sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
6. Use a fork to fluff the rice earlier serving. Makes nigh four-1/2 cups of rice.

Cut while beef marinates

Cutting across the grain

2-to-two-ane/2″ strips

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