Party Food:Salt and Pepper Beef + Hoisin Sauce

Today I prepared our dinner, and i thought of a simple recipe, you could try serving on your next house party. The recipe is pretty simple, the ingredients are available anywhere (and they might already be in your pantry), and the procedure is very easy.

Ingredients: Beef strips, Corn Starch, Flour, Salt, Black Pepper, Oil, Garlic, Bell Peppers, Chili Peppers, Sesame Seeds ,and Store-Bought Hoisin Sauce

First, Mix together about a cup of cornstarch and one-fourth cup of flour with a dash of salt and some black pepper. Put the cornstarch-flour mixture inside a plastic tub (tupperware? hehe), and dump the strips of beef. Cover the plastic tub and shake it to dredge the strips of beef evenly.

Fry the beef strips until golden brown, drain the excess oil and set aside.

Mince 6 cloves (or more) of garlic, 2 bell peppers, and one chili pepper (the one you put in Sinigang)

Saute your garlic and bell peppers in oil

Once the bell peppers are tender, add in the chili peppers

Season with a little salt and pepper and then add the -pre-fried beef strips

Your finished product should look like this. It isn't too colorful, but it is very, VERY tasty!

You can serve your beef strips on top of a bowl of hot, steamed rice. Add some store-bought Hoisin sauce (you can add hot water if its too thick), and top with Sesame Seeds . But these steps are optional.

I hope you cook this for your next house party (or even just for tonight's dinner, and enjoy it as much as I did.

All these pictures were taken with a Sony Cybershot W290! Thank you Sony!

Pantry Omelet

This evening i cooked an omelet from the stuff that was left in the pantry: Chinese cabbage, Onions, Bell Peppers and Chinese Sausage. Fortunately, it tasted real good. It was kinda sweet (from the sausages) and it was comforting too. It felt hearty, even though I put a lot of veggies. I hope you try this one at home,and enjoy it!

Prepare your ingredients, slice your veggies very thinly so you wouldn't get any huge parts of stalk (from the chinese cabbage) in your omelet

Sautee your chinese sausages in a bit of oil. Make sure not to go overboard with oil since these sausages are really fatty.

Once your sausages are cooked thoroughly, add in your bell peppers.

When your bell peppers are soft, add in your onions and cabbage. I usually season the dish at this stage. I think it also helps the veggies wilt and release moisture (from the salt)

Let the veggies wilt down

And then beat some eggs, season them, and add a little cornstarch (just to give it a little give). Pour it over your veggies.

Once the underside is done, put a plate on top of your skillet, and then flip it over. Slide in your omelet, so the "raw" part gets browned. And your omelet is done! Voila!

Serve this on your next Brunch party, and you are sure to get rave reviews!

Thank You to SOny for my Sony Cybershot w290. I took these pictures with it (gourmet mode). Absolute coolness!