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     Title: COMPANY BEEF ORIENTAL
Categories: Fruits, Hamburger, Main dish, Meats, Vegetables
     Yield: 6 servings

 1 1/2 lb Lean Ground Beef
     1 ea Onion; Sliced, Md
     1 ea Clove Garlic; Minced
   1/4 c  Soy Sauce
     2 tb Cornstarch
     1 tb Molasses
     1 ts Beef Bouillon; Instant
   3/4 c  Water
     6 oz Frozen Chinese Pea Pods, 1Pk
     5 oz Water Chestnuts; *
     5 oz Bamboo Shoots; Drained, 1 Cn
    11 oz Mandarin Orange Segments; **

 *     Use 1 5-oz can of water chestnuts that have been
 drained and sliced. **    Drain the can of Orange
 Segments, but reserve the syrup for the
       recipe.
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 ~----------------- Cook and stir the meat, onion and
 garlic in a large skillet until the meat is brown.
 Drain off the excess fat.  Mix the soy sauce,
 cornstarch, and molasses and stir this mixture into
 the meat mixture.  Stir in the bouillon, water, pea
 pods, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots and reserved
 mandarin orange syrup and heat to boiling.  Reduce the
 heat and simmer, covered, for about 10 minutes,
 stirring occasionally.  Stir in the orange segments,
 recover and heat for about 2 minutes.  Serve over
 cooked rice with additional soy sauce.

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