moo shu beef
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This is a stir-fry dish from the northern region of China. It’s typically made with a single marinated meat (pork, beef, chicken or seafood, but even vegetables can be used) that’s stir-fried with cole slaw greens, mushrooms, and green onions. The stir-fry is then rolled in small pancake-like wrappers instead of being served over rice like most stir-fry dishes. If you can’t find moo shu wrappers, use flour tortillas and warm them as you would the wrappers. As an entrée, it serves 4 (2 wraps per person). Or it can serve 8 as a snack or light lunch.
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yield
4
prep time
50 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Stir-Fry
Ingredients For moo shu beef
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1 Tbspcornstarch
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1/4 cwater
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1/2 ozdried shiitake mushrooms
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1 chot water
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1 lbbeef flank steak or boneless top sirloin beef or top round steak, cut into 3/4-inch thick strips
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3 cpackaged cole slaw mix (omit the dressing packet)
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2/3 csliced green onions (scallions)
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8moo shu wrappers, warmed (or 8 flour tortillas, warmed)
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1/3 choison sauce
- BEEF MARINADE
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2 Tbspreduced-sodium soy sauce
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2 Tbspwater
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1 Tbspdark sesame oil
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2 tspgranulated sugar
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2 clovegarlic, minced
How To Make moo shu beef
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1Dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup water; set aside.
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2Soak mushrooms in 1 cup hot water for 20 minutes or until softened. Drain well; remove and discard stems. Cut mushroom caps into thin strips
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3While mushrooms are soaking, cut beef steak lengthwise in half, then crosswise into thin strips. Stack 3 or 4 strips at a time; cut lengthwise in half. Combine marinade ingredients in large bowl. Add beef; toss. Refrigerate 20 minutes.
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4Drain beef, discarding marinade. Heat large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add 1/2 of the beef, and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes or until outside surface of beef is no longer pink. (Do not overcook.) Remove beef. Repeat with remaining beef.
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5Combine beef, mushrooms, coleslaw mix, green onions and cornstarch mixture in skillet. Cook and stir until sauce is thickened and bubbly.
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6To assemble: Spread a little hoisin sauce on each tortilla. Spoon beef mixture the down center. Fold bottom edge over filling; fold right and left sides toward center, overlapping sides a bit.
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