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Beef Stir-Fry Marinade

Here is a handy marinade that I use for beef stir-fries. The combination of fish sauce and soy sauce gives the meat a wonderful savoriness that is uniquely Vietnamese.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    enough for 3/4 pound beef

Ingredients

1

teaspoon cornstarch

3

/4 teaspoon sugar

1

/4 teaspoon black pepper

2

1/2 teaspoons fish sauce

1

1/2 teaspoons light (regular) soy sauce

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. In a shallow bowl, combine the cornstarch, sugar, pepper, fish sauce, and soy sauce and stir to mix. Add the beef called for in the recipe, turn to coat the meat evenly, and set aside to marinate while you ready the remaining ingredients for the stir-fry.

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Adapted with permission from ‘Into the Vietnamese Kitchen’ by Andrea Nguyen, copyright © 2006. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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