Hawaiian-Style Beef Skewer Bites
Servings:	48 bites
Ingredients	Preparation
2 pounds [1 kg] beef sirloin, into tiny cubes Marinade 1 [2-inch / 5-cm long] piece freshly peeled ginger, sliced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 small onions, chopped 1 cup [250 mL] soy sauce 4 tablespoons [60 g] sugar 8 whole small chiles 2 tablespoons [30 mL] red wine vinegar 4 teaspoons [20 mL] cornstarch 1/2 cup [125 mL] water 48 short skewers	Into a small casserole, mix togehter ginger slices, crushed garlic, chopped onions, soy sauce, sugar, chiles and red wine vinegar of marinade. Cook mixture over medium heat until just thickened, for approximately 20 minutes. Dissolve cornstarch into water before slowly pouring mixture, stirring, into hot marinade mixture. Stirring, leave marinade to heat until clear, thickened. Strain marinade into a bowl pressing to extract all juices. Throw away whatever remains into the strainer; leave marinade to cool to room temperature. Add beef cubes to completely cooled marinade; cover bowl and leave beef cubes to marinate, refrigerated, for 2 hours. Then preheat barbecue until really hot. Remove beef cubes from marinade; thread 2 to 3 cubes of beef onto each of 48 short skewers. Barbecue over hot charcoals, until done to taste.