Beef and Tomato

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Beef and Tomato

This a Chinese-American dish developed by immigrants with the new ingredients around them. It is a comfort food for my family and I, and is great on a cold winter night, even if tomatoes aren't in season.

• 1 square inches of Ginger; sliced
  
• 5 beefsteak tomatoes; cut into sixths
  
• 1 lb Flank steak
  
• 1/4 slab of Brown "Candy"; chopped or ground
  
• 3 eggs; beaten
  
• Oil for frying
  

1. Slice the flank steak to a 1/8 thickness

2. Marinade flank steak in cornstarch and soy sauce

3. Heat up a wok on high heat till smoking, and add oil and the ginger. When the ginger loses its color and turns white, frying the meat, searing initially. Cook till done and reserve.

4. Clean the wok and reheat till smoking (and dry). Add the ginger as before, and stir fry the tomatoes till watery.

5. Add the reserved meat and pour in the eggs. Add the brown candy and continue stirring with a wok shovel until dissolved. Season to taste.

Serves 6-8 with a multicourse meal.

Keywords: Main Dish, Beef, Chinese

( RG1175 )