Chinese Foods Recipes

1 lb beef round steak; (up to 1 -1/2 -- pounds) 2 tb vegetable oil 1 clove garlic; , minced 1/2 ts salt 1/4 ts pepper 1/4 c soy sauce 1 ts sugar 1 c bean sprouts; fresh or -canned, -- drained 1 c canned tomatoes; cut up 2 md green bell peppers; seeded -and, cut -- into strips 1 tb cornstarch 2 tb cold water 4 green onions; , sliced

Slice steak into narrow strips. In skillet or slow-cooking pot with browning unit, brown steak in oil. Combine with garlic, salt, pepper, soy sauce, and sugar in slow-cooking pot. Cook on low 6 to 8 hours. Turn control to high. Add bean sprouts, tomatoes, and green peppers. Dissolve cornstarch in water. Stir into pot. Cover and cook on high 15-20 minutes or until thickened. Sprinkle with onions.

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1 ts cinnamon 1 ts cloves 1 ts aniseed 1 ts fennel 1 ts black peppercorns

Combine all ingredients. Use in place of five spice powder in any recipe.

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1 lb pigs' tails 1 c raw virginia peanuts or -blanched al; monds 1 sl fresh ginger root 1 tb choong toy (salted, -preserved turni; p) 1 ts salt 1/2 c chopped green onions, with -tops

Clean and parboil pigs' tails according to Steps I and II in the basic instructions; cut in 2-inch lengths. Return to the pot with 2 quarts fresh water and all the remaining ingredients except green onions. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Add the green onions just before serving.

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