Oyster Sauce Beef and Chinese Peas
1-1/2 lbs. beef
1 tbsp. cornstarch
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. shoyu
2 tsp. sherry
1/4 cup oyster sauce
2 tbsp. corn oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup thinly sliced onion
1-1/2 cups Chinese peas, blanched
Cut meat in thin strips. Combine cornstarch, sugar, shoyu, sherry, oyster sauce, and 1 tbsp. of the oil. Mix with meat. Heat remaining tbsp. of oil in a saucepan and brown garlic. Add meat mixture and onion; stir-fry 1 minute. Add peas and cook 1 more minute. Makes 4-6 servings.
*To blanch: pour hot water over the peas in their pods. Drain before adding pods to the rest of the ingredients.
