Spicy beef with cashews
(a relatively basic stir-fry -- but good)
Red pepper, ginger and garlic, onions and cashews, sugar and black pepper
Ingredients:
| 2 tbsp | Peanut oil |
| 2 | Dried red chilis, chopped |
| 1 tbsp | Garlic cloves, minced |
| 1 tbsp | Ginger root, chopped |
| 1 lb | Beef, sliced into strips |
| 2 tsp | Ground black pepper |
| 1 tsp | Sugar |
| 1 tbsp | Soy Sauce |
| 4 | Green onions, chopped |
| 3/4 cup | Roasted cashews |
The finished product in the wok, before serving...
Preparation:
Heat oil in wok (or heavy frying pan), add chilis and cook at low for one minute, stirring constantly. Add garlic, ginger, cook at low for three minutes. Add beef, raise heat to high, cook for four minutes. Add pepper, sugar, soy sauce, onions, cashews, cook for three minutes.
...And here it is
Notes:
I had trouble finding unsalted roasted cashews, so I broke down and used the "lightly" salted kind. It worked okay, but between that and the soy sauce, the cashews were a bit on the salty side. You can substitute "crushed red pepper" for dried red chilis; it's really the same thing. I use about a teaspoon per chili.Chicken doesn't work nearly as well with this recipe, although it's not so bad, just very, very bland.
