Recipe: Hot Sesame Seed Beef

Hot Sesame Seed Beef
rec.food.cooking/huggett/1992
Source: Edward Falk
Serves 4

Very hot, very simple, very good beef stir-fry. This recipe has been floating around for years back east, where it's also known as "Hot flaming death".

MARINADE
1 Tbsp rice wine
1/2 tsp sugar
2 tsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp baking powder
5 tsp sesame oil
5 tsp soy sauce

TOPPING
1 Tbsp sesame seeds
1 1/2 tsp hot bean paste
1 1/2 tsp hoisin sauce
1 1/2 tsp oyster sauce

BEEF
1 tsp minced ginger
2/3 lb beef tenderloin flank
3-4 lettuce leaves (Use bok choy if you can get it)
2-4 Tbsp peanut oil

Mix together all of the marinade ingredients.

Slice the beef across the grain into thin, diagonal pieces (about the size of your smallest finger). Marinate for about half an hour.

Heat the wok until a drop of water dropped into it dances around as it boils. Add enough oil to coat the wok and saute the ginger. Stir-fry the lettuce. Stir-fry the beef (in batches so the wok doesn't cool down too much).

Reduce the heat. Return the vegetables to the wok. Add the topping. Stir around until everything is mixed and heated evenly. Serve.

NOTES
Also add any other vegetables that you feel like. Sliced carrots or broccoli are especially nice.

Hot bean paste also goes by the name Szechuan bean sauce, etc. This is the main "spicy" ingredient and should be handled with care. Vary this ingredient to taste.