Fall Fortnight continues today with a wonderful and easy recipe from Milk Street in their Shorts cookbook – Stir Fry Beef with Mushrooms and Snow Peas. This recipe has an interesting technique called ‘velveting’ which was demonstrated on the Milk Street TV show just a couple of weeks ago. It involves a short marinade to tenderize the beef, and the coating also serves to help thicken the sauce.

Begin by gathering your ingredients. I find that doing a mis-en-place makes cooking easier. I know I have everything I’ll need.

Begin with the 10-minute marinade of velveting with corn starch and ...

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