Ingredients

  • 1 12 cups jasmine rice, prepared
  • 2 cups beef broth or 2 cups stock
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 1 12 lbs beef sirloin or 1 12 lbs beef tenderloin steaks, trimmed, placed in the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes then thinly sliced
  • 2 green bell peppers, seeded and diced into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 12 cup cooking sherry
  • 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce, eyeball the amount (recommended ( Tamari)
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder, found on Asian foods aisle of market
  • cracked black pepper
  • 3 scallions, thinly sliced on an angle, for garnish
  • 12 cup whole almond, smoked

Method

  • Boil water for rice and prepare to package directions.
  • Place beef broth in a small pot over low heat to warm the liquid.
  • Heat a wok shaped skillet or pan over high heat.
  • Add oil (it will smoke) and meat bits.
  • Stir-fry meat 3 minutes and remove from pan or move off to the side of the wok.
  • Return pan to heat and add peppers and onions.
  • Stir-fry veggies 2 minutes.
  • Add meat back to the pan.
  • Add sherry and stir fry until liquid almost evaporates about 1 minute.
  • Add soy sauce to the pan.
  • Dissolve cornstarch with a ladle of warm beef broth.
  • Add beef broth to the pan, then add cornstarch combined with broth, the five-spice powder and black pepper.
  • Stir sauce until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon.
  • Adjust seasonings.
  • Add more soy or salt if necessary.
  • Remove stir-fry from heat.
  • Fill dinner bowls with beef stir-fry and top with a scoop of rice.
  • Scoop rice with ice cream scoop to get a rounded ball.
  • By placing rice on top of stir-fry, rice will stay firm and not soak up too much sauce.
  • Garnish with chopped scallions and smoked almonds.