4 tb Peanut oil
3 cl Garlic
3 Jalapeno peppers (yes,
-really 3!)
1 lg Green bell pepper
1 lb Beef steak
2 tb Thai fish sauce
1 tb Soy sauce
1 ts Sugar
1/4 ts Ground white pepper
1/2 c Fresh basil; chopped -OR-
1 tb Dried basil; a weak
-substitute, but will work
Peel and chop garlic. Seed jalapenos and remove membrane. Slice.
Cut green pepper into thin slices. Beef should be thinly slice across
the grain.
Heat wok and add the oil and garlic. Chow for a very brief
moment. Then add the peppers, chow for a few minutes. Next add
meat. Chow again for just a couple of minutes so that the meat
sears to medium rare.
Quickly add the remaining ingredients and toss for a moment.
Serve with thin noodles or rice.
2 generous serving.
Adapted from "The Frugal Gourmet on our Immigrant Ancestors" by Jeff
Smith.
== Courtesy of Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md. ===
