Moo Shu Beef

Published March 18, 2016

Prep Time: 15 min  |  Cook Time: 15 min  |  Serves: 6  |  Difficulty: Easy  |  SmartPoints: 7

Description

You can make this delicious Chinese favourite at home — by using flour tortillas instead of authentic pancakes, you’ll have it on the table faster than delivery.

Ingredients

  • 8 oz uncooked lean trimmed sirloin beef, cut into thin strips
  • 3 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce, divided
  • 1 tsp cornstarch
  • 2 tsp vegetable oil
  • 2 medium uncooked scallion(s), chopped
  • 3 clove(s)garlic clove(s), minced
  • 2 Tbsp sherry cooking wine
  • 2 cup(s) uncooked Chinese cabbage, or Napa, chopped
  • 1⁄3 cup(s) canned bamboo shoots, drained and chopped
  • 1⁄3cup(s) canned straw mushrooms, drained and sliced
  • 1 large egg white(s), beaten
  • 12 medium fat free flour tortilla(s), heated
  • 1⁄2 cup(s) hoisin sauce

Instructions

  1. Mix beef with 1 tablespoon soy sauce and cornstarch.
  2. Heat oil in large skillet or wok. Add scallions and garlic; cook 1 minute. Add beef; brown, 2 minutes. Add remaining soy sauce and sherry. Cook 1 minute.
  3. Add cabbage, bamboo shoots and mushrooms. Cook 5 minutes.
  4. Stir in egg white and cook 2 minutes.
  5. To serve: Place a heated tortilla on a plate. Spread 2 teaspoons hoisin sauce on tortilla and then place 3 tablespoons beef filling on top of sauce. Roll up, folding in one end to seal in mixture. Yields 2 filled tortillas per serving.