Beef with Snow Peas

• 1 ½ lb.flank steak, trimmed of fat and sliced very thin against the grain
• ½ c.low sodium soy sauce
• 3 tbsp.sherry or cooking sherry
• 2 tbsp.brown sugar
• 2 tbsp.cornstarch
• 1 tbsp.minced fresh ginger
• 8 oz.weight fresh snow peas, ends trimmed
• 5whole scallions, cut into haf-inch pieces on the diagonal
• salt as needed (use sparingly)
• 3 tbsp.peanut or olive oil
• crushed red pepper, for sprinkling
• jasmine or long grain rice, cooked according to package

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