Monday, April 19, 2010

We had this beef stir fry tonight and it was awesome

I made this tonight. I pulled it out from a file I keep of magazine recipes.  It was a hit.  Everyone liked it!
The only change I made was that I used jasamine rice instead of long-grain white rice.




Ingredients


Serves 4

Coarse salt and ground pepper

1 cup long-grain white rice
1 pound sirloin steak, thinly sliced crosswise, halved if long
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
12 ounces snap peas, strings removed
5 to 6 scallions, white and green parts separated, thinly sliced diagonally
1 tablespoon grated peeled fresh ginger
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (from about 1 lime)

Directions

1.In a medium saucepan with a lid, bring 2 cups salted water to a boil. Add rice; return to a boil. Stir once, and reduce to a simmer. Cover, and cook until rice is tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat; let stand, covered, 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork.

2.Ten minutes before rice is done, place steak in a medium bowl. Sprinkle with cornstarch, and season with salt and pepper; toss to coat. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Cook half the steak until browned on one side, 1 to 2 minutes (steak will cook further in step 3); transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining beef.

3.Add snap peas, white part of scallions, ginger, red-pepper flakes, and 3/4 cup water to skillet; season with salt and pepper. Cook until snap peas turn bright green, 1 to 2 minutes. Return steak to skillet until cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat, and mix in green part of scallions and lime juice. Serve with rice.

3 comments:

  1. I also keep a stack of magazine receipes and try to make 3 a month. A couple have been total disasters. We learned we don't like some of the sour marinades. But others have been keepers!

    Kristen

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  2. Ours have been hit and miss too. What kind of sour marinades? I am curious. This week is purely filed stuff. We had a great salmon dish that I will have to post later!

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  3. MMM this sounds delicious! Definitely going to have to try that!

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