Cookbook:Black Pepper Beef with Green Beans

Ingredients

 * 2 lb green beans, ends snapped off and strings removed
 * 2 lb sirloin steak, fat trimmed
 * ½ cup soy sauce
 * ¼ cup cornstarch
 * ¼ cup rice wine or rice wine vinegar
 * 1 tbsp white granulated sugar
 * 2 tbsp ground pepper
 * 6 tbsp cooking oil
 * ½ cup water
 * 1 tbsp grated or ground ginger
 * 2 large onion, sliced

Procedure

 * 1) Snap green beans in half.
 * 2) Slice steak with the grain into 2-inch wide strips. Then slice the strips across the grain into ¼ inch thick slices.
 * 3) Whisk together soy sauce, cornstarch, wine/vinegar, sugar and black pepper in a medium bowl. Add steak strips and mix well. Let sit for 10 minutes.
 * 4) Heat 2 tbsp of oil in pan over high heat until oil is hot but not smoking. Add green beans and stir for 1 minute. Add water and reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook until tender-crisp, 6–9 minutes. Transfer beans to a medium bowl.
 * 5) Add ¼ cup of oil to pan over high heat. Add onion and ginger, and stir constantly for 1 minute. Add all of the beef mixture to the pan. Cook, stirring, until steak is no longer pink, about 2 minutes.
 * 6) Return green beans to pan, stir until all is mixed well together.
 * 7) Serve over noodles or rice.