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Also, presenting.... *Drum-roll*

PF Chang's Mongolian Beef Make-alike

Sauce:
2 tsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp minced ginger
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup dark brown sugar

Also needed:
1 cup vegetable oil
1 lb flank steak
1/4 cup cornstarch
2 large green onions

Method:
Make the sauce by heating 2 tsp of oil in medium saucepan over med/low heat.

Don't get the oil too hot or you'll get spatter when adding the other liquids.

Add ginger and garlic to the pan and quickly add the soy sauce and water before the garlic scorches.

Dissolve the brown sugar in the sauce, then raise the heat to about medium and boil the sauce for 2-3 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
Remove it from heat.

Slice the flank steak against the grain into 1/4 inch thick bite-size slices.
Tilt the blade of your knife at about a 45 degree angle to the top of the steak so that you get wider cuts.

Dip the steak pieces into the cornstarch and apply a thin dusting to both sides of each piece of beef.

Let the beef sit for about 10 minutes so that the cornstarch sticks.
As the beef sits, heat up one cup of oil in a wok (or skillet).

Heat the oil over medium heat until it's nice and hot, but not smoking.
Add the beef to the oil and saute for 2 minutes or until the beef just begins to darken on the edges.

You don't need a thorough cooking here since the beef will go back on the heat later.

Stir the meat around a little so it cooks evenly.

After a couple of minutes, use a large slotted spoon to take the meat out and place it on paper towels.

Then pour the oil out of the wok.

Put the pan back over the heat, dump the meat back into it and simmer for one minute.

Add the sauce, cook for one minute while stirring, then add all the green onions. cook for one more minute, then remove the beef and onions with tongs or a slotted spoon to a serving plate.

Leave the excess sauce behind in the pan.

Recipe from Symphonygirl's Mother-In-Law via BakeSpace.com

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Thank you, my angel! I live in a decent Chinese food-free zone. I'm making the lettuce wraps tonight.
Mwah!

[lashbear]

I am enjoying my Jimmy Dean Maple Sausage Makealike Sooooo much that I am posting the recipe here for you all. It's too good not to share. I have removed the MSG from the recipe because it simply doesn't need it.

I also used a Sunbeam (whaat else) Multimincer to grind my own pork sausage-meat. Therefore my JD Sausage is 99.9% fat-Free. I don't find that it turns out too dry because I cook it slowly You CAN add 1/4 Cup milk-soaked breadcrumbs to each mix if yhou want it juicier without adding lots of fat to it.

Quantities are for a pound of sausage - so LoTters had better triple or quadruple them

Oh, and anyone who needs Bacon Bouillon Cubes had better PM me so I can send some out for the Maple Bacon sausage. It RAWKS.



Jimmy Dean Sausage Make-alike

Regular
16 ounces ground pork
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
1/4 teaspoon rubbed dried sage
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground coriander

Hot
16 ounces ground pork
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon rubbed dried sage
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground coriander

Maple Bacon
16 ounces ground pork
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
1 Bacon Bouillon Cube, crushed

Mix all the ingredients for your preferred flavour in a large bowl.

Form the mixture into patties and cook it over medium heat in a pan until completely browned.

Made 17 Oct 2010 - great success !!