Xouqoa, you've been waiting for this

[Drisanna]

Beef with Snow Peas

2/3 lb beef flank steak

Marinade:

1 tablespoon rice wine or dry sherry
1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Seasoning sauce:

1/4 cup chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sesame oil

1/2 lb fresh snow peas
2 cups boiling water
2 cups cold water
1 cup vegetable oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/4 teaspoon salt

Use cleaver to slice beef across the grain and at an angle into thin strips. Cut strips 2 inches long. Combine marinade ingredients in a medium bowl. Add beef strips, mix well. Let stand 30 minutes. Combine ingredients for seasoning sauce in a small bowl. Mix well and set aside. To blanch snow peas, plunge them into 2 cups boiling water 10 seconds, then into 2 cups cold water; drain well. Heat oil in wok over medium heat about 2 minutes. Stir-fry beef until lightly browned. Remove beef with a slotted spoon, draining well over wok; set aside. Remove oil from wok except 2 tablespoons. Heal oil remaining in wok over high heat 30 seconds. Stir-fry garlic 10 seconds. Add blanched snow peas and salt. Stir-fry 10 seconds. Remove from wok with slotted spoon and arrange on a platter. Reduce heat to medium. Add 2 tablespoons oil and seasoning sauce to oil left in wok. Stir-fry until sauce thickens slightly. Add cooked beef. Mix well with sauce and spoon over snow peas. Serve hot. Makes 4 servings.



Mongolian Beef

2/3 lb. flank steak

Marinade

1 teaspoon rice wine or dry sherry
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon sesame oil

4 cups oil for deep frying
1 oz rice noodles
1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon hot bean sauce
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 cup water
8-10 green onions, chopped in 1 1/2 inch lengths

Use a cleaver to slice beef across grain and at an angle into thin strips. Combine marinade ingredients in a medium bowl. Add beef strips, mix well. Let stand for at least 1 hour. Heat oil in a wok over high heat to 350 F. Gently loosen roll of rice noodles with your fingers and break into 2 portions. Carefully lower half the noodles into hot oil with a slotted metal spoon or in a large strainer and press under oil 2 seconds. Immediately remove puffed noodles from wok with slotted spoon or strainer, set aside to cool. Repeat with remaining half rice noodle roll. Break cooled noodles into 2-inch lengths and arrange on a platter. Remove oil from wok except 5 tablespoons. Heat oil remaining in wok over high heat for 30 seconds. Stir-fry marinaded beef until very lightly browned. Remove with slotted spoon; set aside. Remove all but 2 tablespoons oil from wok. Add hoisin sauce, hot bean sauce, cornstarch and water to oil remaining in wok. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Add green onions and cooked beef. Stir-fry 30 seconds. Spoon over noodles. Makes 4-6 servings.

Hugs,

[Lexien]

I just had to post this.

Traditional Poutine à la Ritz
The Ritz-Carlton-s Executive-Chef Gilles St-Hilaire serves this at home.

35O gr. French fries
20O gr. Canned poutine or BBQ sauce
25O gr. Cheese curds
2 Tomatoes, diced
1/2 teaspoon fresh tarragon, chopped
1 Clove of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil
A dash of chili, salt and fine ground pepper

Preheat olive oil. Add garlic, tomatoes and tarragon and simmer for 2 minutes. once done, put aside. In a deep bowl, put 100 gr. of cheese and all the French fries. Add the tomato mixture, as well as the rest of the cheese. Add Poutine or BBQ sauce. HOOKERWHORESLUT with a dash of chili, salt and fine ground pepper. To add flavor to the sauce, reduce it by 1/2 and add a few roasted chicken bones while it cooks. Remove the bones before serving.

[KilornCloudwalker]

PLease do, Lex... that's about the only thing I miss from Canada:) Well, other than clean streets, nicer people and a nice US-Canada exchange rate...

[Dups.]

Poutine

[Lexien]

Ohh and BTW if the above poutine seems too gastronomic for your taste just try :

-French fries.
-Can of poutine sauce.
-Cheese Curds.

The secret is in the sauce..

And you can add a little bit of vineagar if you need to zest it up a bit.!

[Xouqoa]

HOOKERWHORESLUT with a dash of chili, salt and fine ground pepper.

rofl - word filter strikes again! I think that should be s-prinkle!

Thanks Dris!

What the hell is poutine? like a dipping sauce for fries?

[Hammerstalker PE]

OMG that is to funny HOOKERWHORESLUT HOOKERWHORESLUT

[Lexien]

This is poutine



There are all kinds of poutine too..

Italian(spagheti sauce), German(with octoberfest saussage)... and so on and so forth.. we have a Pizzeria who specialises on pizzas and poutines and they have like 13 different kinds of em...

Like i said the secret is in the sauce!

[masteen]

Is poutine French for poon-tang?

[Hammerstalker PE]

Who is the dude on the poutine??

BTW Drissana those recipes look great! Xou get in the kitchen and bake me a PIE damn it!

[Lexien]

*shrugs unknowingly*

if you look close enough i linked it from a website... was the only image i could find on short notice.. i just found him funny and put it there to show Xou what a poutine looked like!

[Lexien]

No masteen..

it`s pronounced pou-teen

and i have no clue what poo-tang is..

[masteen]

If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is "poon-tang."

It's another word for snatch, beaver, bearded clam, man-in-a-boat, camel-toe, and pussy.

[Lexien]

thnx info masteen.

[Sheryl]

You forgot pinktaco!!

[Hammerstalker PE]

LOL Suns he also forgot the obvious one Pussy

[masteen]

Re-read my post, Hammer. I never miss teh pussy!

[Taerin]

rofl - word filter strikes again! I think that should be s-prinkle!

Word filter? The ones that are easy to bypass like this?

Test 1: HOOKERWHORESLUT
Normal
Test 2: &#115prinkle
Bypassed

Really not hard to get past word filters if you know what you're doing

[Hammerstalker PE]

So enlighten us...

[miir]

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