Velveting Beef peices is a Chinese method of marinating thin slices of beef in a mixture of egg white, cornstarch, and rice wine. The meat is then cooked to tenderize and make it tender and smooth to give it the name "velveting".
For velvet beef, you will need to slice your piece of beef very thin (flank or tenderloin usually) against the grain. Mix egg white, a little cornstarch, and some rice wine to form a marinade. The egg white tenderizes and the cornstarch serves as a barrier of moisture and silkens up. The rice wine adds taste and also takes the gamey flavour off the meat.
Allow the flavor to seep and the meat to soften a bit by letting the beef sit in the marinade for at least 30 minutes. Be sure to drain off the excess marinade from the beef before cooking to keep it from getting too soupy while cooking.
In addition to working in stir-fries, Velveted Beef can be used in a variety of applications, from soups to noodle dishes. It has a velvety feel that makes it fork tender and lets all the flavours of the other ingredients to pop and the marination gives a juicy bite.
If you are a lover of the classic asian-style dishes, there is no better way to level up your kitchen game for more juicy and flavorful beef dishes than velveting.