"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
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> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> : > Julie Bove > wrote:
> : >
> : > : "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> : > : b.com...
> : > : > On 7/20/2012 3:48 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> : > : >> I need some new ideas for raw bell peppers and perhaps cooked
> ones
> : > too.
> : > : >
> : > : >
> : > : > Green peppers were on sale here as was chuck shoulder steak and
> Roma
> : > : > tomatoes.
> : > : >
> : > : > I partially froze the steak and sliced it thin on an angle then
> : > marinated
> : > : > it in some low-sodium soy sauce while I cut 2 peppers into strips,
> : > chunked
> : > : > up about one quarter of a large onion and diced some garlic. as
> well
> : > as
> : > : > coarse dicing a couple of tomatoes.
> : > : >
> : > : > Slice a quarter-sized piece of ginger from a hand. Heat a
> tablespoon
> : > of
> : > : > peanut oil in a wok and cook the ginger for about 2 minutes.
> Remove
> : > the
> : > : > ginger and discard.
> : > : >
> : > : > Stir-fry the meat in the ginger-flavored oil. Take it out when
> the
> : > pink
> : > : > is just gone. Add onions, garlic and peppers and stir fry until
> : > starting
> : > : > to get tender. Return the meat, any accumulated juices and add the
> : > tomato.
> : > : > Stir fry until everything is hot.
> : > : >
> : > : > If you can handle it, you can add a little corn starch slurry to
> : > thicken
> : > : > the sauce, but I don't.
> : >
> : > : I can't use peanut oil but I am making garlic steak for dinner.
> Maybe I
> : > : will throw some peppers in there too. Thanks!
> : > You can use any neutral oil, not olive, but canola or corn, etc.
> Peanut
> : > is often preferred because of its neutral taste adn high smoking
> point,
> : > but you can easily substitute.
>
> : Why not olive? It is pretty much the only oil I used. I used it
> tonight
> : for the steaks. I didn't put the peppers in there. They turned out to
> be
> : going mushy so I just cut a few good strips from them and served them
> raw.
>
> Olive oil has a low smoking point so it cannot get as hot todo the stir
> frying as well. i use olive oil for lots of things, but not things that
> need very hot oil. I do not deep fry, but one has the same problem with
> trying to use olive oil for that kind of cooking.

Oh! Stir fry. Thanks! But nobody here will eat that. We prefer raw.