Spicy Stir-Fried Beef with Green Beans

The contrast between the crisp, clean green beans and the savory, tender beef makes this dish mmmm yummy. The spiciness adds just the right kick, like the kung-fu fighting chicken in the Burger King commercial. Use fresh ingredients!! Mama does not use frozen vegetables unless she's making fried rice - or spaghetti (*shrug* she's not Italian...).

Ingredients:

1 package of green beans, with ends snapped off and cut into 1 in. pieces

1/2 onion, chopped into 1/2 by 1 in. rectangular pieces

1 package beef (any cut works as long as it isn't too tough or thin - this ain't hot pot), cut up like the onions

1/3 cup soy sauce

1 tbsp corn starch

3 tbsp cold water

1 tsp granulated chicken bullion

4 cloves garlic, minced

3 dried red peppers or 1 tsp red pepper flakes

1 tsp cooking oil

Instructions:

1. Mix the cornstarch and water together and pour mixture over beef. Add the soy sauce and granulated chicken bullion to the beef and mix well. Let marinate for 5 minutes. (Note: cornstarch is what makes the beef so tender. The bullion is what mom uses to add extra flavor)

2. Heat up the wok. When it is hot, add the oil (you can use any oil, mama prefers vegetable oil). Infuse the oil with the garlic and dried red peppers (about 2 minutes).

3. Put in the green beans and onions and stir-fry for about 5-6 minutes. Take out the beans and put them aside.

4. Put the beef in the wok and stir fry for about 3 minutes, then put the beans back in. Stir-fry for about 2 more minutes and serve.