Beef & Pea Pods - from Nyree

Serves 4

3/4 lb Beef top round steak, thinly sliced - (I found Cub has some pre-sliced “stir fry” meat that works great too!)
3 tb Soy sauce (or just a couple shakes of salt work also)
1 ts cooking oil (or butter)
2 tb vinegar
2 tb warm water
3 ts Cornstarch dissolved in 1/3 cups of water
1 pk Fresh pea pods 8-10 ounces

(I know a couple ingredients have been taken out because I don’t like them…. I think like 1 clove of garlic and green onions and regular onions and some ginger. Mainly for extra flavor. But you can put them back in depending on how much you like them)

Preparation:
1. In a mixing bowl combine beef strips, soy sauce, vinegar. Stir and mix well. Set aside to marinate while you prepare your peapods.
3. Over high heat, add 1 tablespoon of oil. When oil is hot, add the beef. Stir-fry quickly for 2 minutes. Do not overcook or the beef will become tough. Add 1 tsp of rice wine and 2 tsps of soy sauce.

3. Stir in peapod. Covered and cook on high heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove cover, add 2 tb warm water. Mix well, add more soy sauce if necessary.

4. Stir in cornstarch mixture and mix well. Serve over hot cooked rice.

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A 2nd way to cook it (they have both worked):
Preparation:
1) Combine beef, soy sauce, rice wine and vinegar in bowl, set aside and prepare fresh peapods.

2) Mix up cornstarch mixture.

3) Over a medium/high heat, add 1 tablespoon of oil, warm, and then add the beef. Let the beef cook for several minutes until it cooked (or almost cooked), then add the cornstarch mixture & the peapods and mix well.

4) Cover, and turn the heat down to a medium or a medium low and let it all slow cook for 15-20 minutes.

Serve over rice.



As for rice – Uncle Ben’s 5 minute rice is good for the 1st way to cook everything. But I own a rice cooker, and with cooking everything the 2nd way I usually set the rice up before I start making the meal so it all gets done around the same time.