Mandarin Lamb

Total Time: 43 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb boneless lamb tenderloin
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 (8 ounce) can sliced bamboo shoots, rinsed and drained
• 1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, rinsed and drained
• 8 ounces fresh broccoli, cut into thin spears
• 3 1/2 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
• 1 1/2 tablespoons oil
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• hot steamed rice
• 1 tablespoon sake or 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 2 teaspoons minced ginger
• 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/4 cup light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons spicy brown bean sauce
• 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
• 1 teaspoon minced ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

Recipe

• 1 combine ingredients for marinade in a shallow dish.
• 2 slice lamb at an angle in thin medallions and add to marinade, tossing to coat; allow meat to marinate for at least 30 minutes at room temperature or several hours refrigerated.
• 3 mix together sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
• 4 mix together cornstarch with the 3 tbsp water in a shallow dish and set aside (will be used as a thickener later).
• 5 heat 1 tbsp of oil in wok on med-high heat and add the 4 cloves of minced garlic.
• 6 allow garlic to sizzle briefly, then add lamb, and stir-fry for approximately 3 minutes.
• 7 remove lamb from wok using a slotted spoon and leave any meat juices in the pan.
• 8 add broccoli to the wok with the pan juices and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
• 9 add mushrooms to the wok along with 1/2 tbsp of oil and stir-fry for another minute.
• 10 place bamboo shoots and water chestnuts in the wok and mix together, stir-frying an additional minute.
• 11 return lamb to wok, stirring all together, then add contents of sauce bowl and mix thoroughly.
• 12 re-stir thickener in its little dish before adding to wok, then add it to the stir-fry, stirring until the dish is thickened, about 1 more minute.
• 13 serve with hot steamed rice.