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Ginger Beef
« on: July 30, 2018, 02:10:36 am »
Components:

1 pound stir-fry grade beef, sliced thin, but not too thin.  (beef hip works well)
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 cups carrots, julienned
1/2 cup some kind of onion, chopped
3ish cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons fresh ginger, grated
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup vegetable oil (for cooking)
3 cups vegetable oil (for frying)

Sequence:

Coat the beef strips in the cornstarch.
Put 1/4 cup of oil in a pan, and cook the onions for a minute or two, until they're a bit translucent.
Add the carrots, and cook until they soften slightly (2-3 min)
Add the garlic and ginger, and stir.  Cook for another minute.
Add the soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil, and then the brown sugar, black pepper, and sesame seeds.  Stir it a bit, then turn the temperature down to a low simmer.  Don't worry about reducing the sauce, overcooking it just diminishes the flavour.

Put the 3 cups of oil in a deep pot, and heat the oil to 350-375F.  Put the beef into the oil, a few strips at a time.  Remove each piece just after it becomes slightly crispy; this will coincide with a reduction in the effervescence surrounding that piece of beef.  It depends on the size of the piece, but this shouldn't take more than three minutes.  You'll need to adjust the batch size and cooking heat in order to keep the oil temperature between 350 and 375F.

Combine the beef with the sauce, and consume according to the customs of your people.

Disclaimer:  I plagiarized this from some guy's web page.  By following this recipe instead of his, you're stealing his advertising dollars.  But, his recipe doesn't have anywhere near enough ginger, it's too salty, he doesn't really explain the frying process, and you have to wade through a thousand word essay.

As a relative n00b at cooking, here are some things that should be obvious, but weren't (to me):

Use a sharp knife to chop the onion.  A serrated knife probably isn't the best choice.
Wash your hands after working with the garlic.  Immediately.  You don't want to marinate your finger-meat.
Don't turn the heat on the frying oil up to maximum right away, it will get spattery.
Do the deep-frying in short sleeves.  If this results in flashes of pain, you're doing something wrong.
Desine fata deum flecti sperare precando.

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Re: Ginger Beef
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2018, 10:21:27 pm »
sounds good! I love ginger.

I made a real similiar ginger beef dish the other night - but much less sugar, and the only vegetable was chopped scallions. also, hoisin sauce.

You can even put ginger in your ass.

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Re: Ginger Beef
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2018, 10:30:05 pm »
You can even put ginger in your ass.

Ghost peppers.  Unless yer yella.
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Re: Ginger Beef
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2018, 03:05:53 am »
This is not a recipe for cooking Gingers. Am disappoint.

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Re: Ginger Beef
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2018, 03:21:28 am »
This is not a recipe for cooking Gingers. Am disappoint.

I am 228 pounds of ginger beef.  Please do not cook.
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Re: Ginger Beef
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2018, 08:31:55 am »
 Yum yum. Deh preppers ghost is return. So hawt!

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Re: Ginger Beef
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2019, 05:10:32 pm »
Thanks for the receipt, will try it for sure! But as for providing a lot of other different descriptions, you can ask anybody like https://edubirdie.org/ to assist you in it. That is the reason why people use their services.

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Re: Ginger Beef
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2019, 07:20:14 pm »
Thanks for the receipt, will try it for sure! But as for providing a lot of other different descriptions, you can ask anybody like https://edubirdie.org/ to assist you in it. That is the reason why people use their services.

Bye bye, bot.  :cry:
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