Ingredients

  • 10 each mushrooms, black trumpet medium, dried
  • 1 pound beef, flank steak (london broil) or boneless sirloin
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce, tamari light or dark
  • 1 dash white pepper
  • 1 pound asparagus
  • 4 ounces snow pea pods
  • 2 each scallions, spring or green onions with tops
  • 1/4 cup chicken broth or cold water in a pinch
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon ginger root finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon garlic finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons white wine dry
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth

Method

  • Soak mushrooms in warm water until soft, about 30 minutes, drain.
  • Rinse in warm water, drain, remove and discard stems, cut caps into 1/2 inch pieces.
  • Trim fat from beef, cut beef with grain into 2 inch strips.
  • Cut strips across grain into 18 inch slices.
  • Toss beef, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon cornstarch, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, the soy sauce and white pepper in glass or plastic bowl.
  • Cover and refrigerate 20 minutes.
  • Break off tough ends of asparagus as far down as stalks snap easily.
  • Cut asparagus into 2-inch pieces.
  • Remove strings from pea pods.
  • Place pea pods in boiling water, cover and cook 1 minute, Immediately rinse under running cold water, drain.
  • Cut green onions into 2-ince peices, cut pieces lengthwise into thin strips.
  • Mix 1/4 cup chicken broth, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, the oyster sauce and 1 teaspoon sugar.
  • Add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil to wok, rotate to coat sides.
  • Add mushrooms, asparagus and 1 teaspoon salt, stir fry 1 minute.
  • Add wine, cook and stir 30 seconds.
  • Stir in 1/2 cup chicken broth, heat to boiling.
  • Stir in beef, heat to boiling, stir in cornstarch mixture, cook and stir until thickened, about 20 seconds.
  • Add pea pods, cook and stir 30 seconds.