Verna's Recipes Select

A crispy homemade version that's less sweet and more flavorful than most! 🐄🧄🥣

Mongolian Beef

Ingredients
- 4 cups peanut oil
- 15 green onion tops
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1 pound flank or sirloin steak
- 2 tablespoon water chestnut flour
- 2 egg whites
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch paste
- 1 teaspoon chili paste with garlic
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
- 1 pinch of sugar
- tablespoon dry sherry

Preparation

Cut the tops of green onions into 2" long pieces.

Combine sauce ingredients in a small bowl and stir thoroughly.

Cut steak across the grain into thin slices, about 1/2" deep by 2" long.

In a bowl big enough to hold meat, combine egg whites, salt and water chestnut flour.

Beat with chopstick until frothy.

Add steak, and use fingers to coat each slice.

For Deep-frying:

In wok, heat oil to moderately hot.

When ready, pieces of coated meat will rise to the surface immediately.

Add beef all at once, and toss with sauce until beef is hot and coated.

Push beef out of sauce, dribble in cornstarch paste to slightly thicken.

Add beef all at once, and toss with sauce until beef is hot and coated.

Push beef out of sauce, dribble in cornstarch paste to lightly thicken.

Recombine.

Serve immediately.

Serves 4.

Source: Foodista

Incredibly scrumptious and delicious 🥘🧀🧈

Brie En Croute

Ingredients
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- ¼ cup sliced and almonds
- ½ pound wedge of brie
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/3 cup cherry preserves
- 1 egg
- 1 pkg puff pastry (2 sheets)
- 1 tablespoon water

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 400F degrees.

In a small bowl, mix the preserves and almond extract.

Place brie wedge in puff pastry and drizzle the preserve and almond extract mixture.

Sprinkle brown sugar and almonds on top and wrap in the puff pastry.

In a small bowl, whisk the egg and water and brush the egg mixture onto the pastry.

Bake for 25 minutes, or until the puff pastry turns golden brown.

Serve with fruit slices, crackers, baguette, or whatever you desire.

Source: Foodista