Showing posts with label beef stir fry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beef stir fry. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Good Eats

beef stir fry with white rice


steamed okra, brussels sprouts, butternut squash
I thought you might like to see what I've been cooking and eating lately. The first photo has my stir fried beef with white rice, I will often buy the stir fry beef strips pre-cut when they are 30% off at the grocery store and make them the same day.

The second photo represents 3 servings of vegetables for me that day. I cut the ends off the tips of the okra and steam them for 7 minutes and they are just perfect. The sweetness of the butternut squash goes well with any of the greens. The brussels sprouts are a work in progress. These were steamed but I think I will blanche them the next time as I prefer them to be more tender without being overcooked. The butternut squash was microwaved. I season all the vegetables with olive oil, salt, pepper and oregano or basil.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

My quick beef stir fry

It's raining a bit and I sort of knew it as I woke up with a pain in my hip and the usual fatigue. Forced my way through step class and the pain subsided, a testament to the benefits of exercise. K gets all congested in the humidity as well, he's on his nasonex rhinitis spray this week.

I popped into the garden centre to take a quick look at the trees for sale. They're expensive and big. I think I'll wait until the fall and see what deals are out there as I'm not really in a hurry.

Well, I'm doing a beef stir fry today, with my favourite stir fry sauce of the moment. I just buy the sauce at the grocery store and mix it into the meat as a marinade, really simple. The trick I've found is to stir fry small slices of beef for a few minutes in small batches. At the end, I remove all the beef from the pan and stir in a cup of water mixed with about a tablespoon of corn starch. As soon as the mixture starts to bubble, I have a gravy to pour over the meat. I find that top sirloin works well for this.

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