BEEF AND CHINESE LETTUCE SOUP

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Number Of Ingredients 7

1/4 to 1/2 pound lean beef
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon peanut oil
6 cups Stock, Meat or favorite stock
1/2 pound chinese lettuce
3/4 to 1 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar

Steps:

1. Slice beef thin. Combine soy sauce and oil. Add to beef and toss. Let stand 30 minutes, turning meat occasionally. 2. Bring stock to a boil. Meanwhile cut lettuce in 2-inch sections. 3. Add lettuce to stock with salt and sugar and simmer, uncovered, until nearly done (about 10 minutes). 4. Add beef and simmer, uncovered, 3 to 4 minutes more. VARIATION: * For the Chinese lettuce, substitute either alone or in combination: celery, shredded Swiss chard or spinach leaves, cut in half or water cress, cut in 2-inch sections. Reduce cooking time in step 3 to about 2 or 3 minutes. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

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