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      Title: Beef/Black Bean Sauce****
 Categories: Chinese
      Yield: 2 Servings
 
      1 lb Lean beef, thinkly sliced
      2 tb Soy sauce -
      2 ts Cornstarch
    1/8 ts Black pepper

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      2 md Green or red bell pepper
           -thinly sliced
      1 sm Carrot; julienned
      4 md Mushrooms, sliced -optional
      1 sm Onion, sliced - optional
      3 tb Peanut oil - divided

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      1 tb Corn starch
      8 oz Water - boiling
    1/2 ts Beef "gunk"
           OR one beef cube
      2 tb Soy sauce
    1/2 tb Chili/garlic sauce
    1/2 tb Black bean/garlic sauce
    1/2 tb Black bean puree
 
  Mix beef with two tablespoons of soy sauce, cornstarch and pepper.
  Let marinate for one hour or longer in fridge.
  
  Blend Sauce together and set aside.
  
  Seed peppers and cut into thin strips.  Slice mushrooms a julienne
  carrot. Slice onion.  Set aside.
  
  Stir fry vegetables in half of peanut oil until crisp tender.  Remove
  from wok.  Add remaining oil and stir fry beef until redness
  disappears.
  
  Return vegetables to wok, add remaining soy sauce and carrots.  Add
  bean sauce and mix well and heat through.
  
  Serve over rice.
 
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