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     Title: Beef/Black Bean Sauce****
Categories: Chinese
     Yield: 2 Servings

     1 lb Lean beef, thinkly sliced
     2 tb Soy sauce -
     2 ts Cornstarch
   1/8 ts Black pepper

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     2 md Green or red bell pepper
          -thinly sliced
     1 sm Carrot; julienned
     4 md Mushrooms, sliced -optional
     1 sm Onion, sliced - optional
     3 tb Peanut oil - divided

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     1 tb Corn starch
     8 oz Water - boiling
   1/2 ts Beef "gunk"
          OR one beef cube
     2 tb Soy sauce
   1/2 tb Chili/garlic sauce
   1/2 tb Black bean/garlic sauce
   1/2 tb Black bean puree

 Mix beef with two tablespoons of soy sauce, cornstarch and pepper.
 Let marinate for one hour or longer in fridge.

 Blend Sauce together and set aside.

 Seed peppers and cut into thin strips.  Slice mushrooms a julienne
 carrot. Slice onion.  Set aside.

 Stir fry vegetables in half of peanut oil until crisp tender.  Remove
 from wok.  Add remaining oil and stir fry beef until redness
 disappears.

 Return vegetables to wok, add remaining soy sauce and carrots.  Add
 bean sauce and mix well and heat through.

 Serve over rice.

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