#9 Try a new recipe each month

January 2011- Orange Beef Stir Fry

Ingredients:
12 oz thinly sliced steak (sliced into bite sized pieces)
1 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel
1/2 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon corn starch
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon instant beef bouillon granules
2 tablespoons cooking oil
4 green onions, bias-sliced into 1-inch pieces
1 clove garlic, minced
5 cups coarsely shredded fresh spinach (5-6 oz)
1 8 oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained
3 cups cooked hot rice

Directions:
1. Trim fat from steak, thinly slice beef across the grain into bite-size strips, set aside.
2. For sauce, in a small bowl stir together orange peel, orange juice, cornstarch, soy sauce, sugar and bouillon granules, set aside.
3. In a wok or large skillet heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat. Add green onions and garlic; cook and stir in hot oil for 1 minute. Remove green onion mixture from wok, but leave oil in wok.
4. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to wok or skillet. Add beef to it. (Add more oil if necessary during cooking). Cook and stir until cooked to your desired done-ness. Push beef from center of wok.
5. Stir sauce, then add it to the center of the wok. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
6. Return green onion mixture to wok. Add spinach and water chestnuts. Stir all ingredients together to coat with sauce.
7. Cover and cook for 1 minute or more until heated through. Serve immediately over cooked rice.



Overall, we enjoyed this! I've never made something like this before and it turned out really well. The only thing that we thought was that it could be made with more steak and more spinach and sauce. Once you got through those things, the rice on it's own is boring. haha. We liked it though and will definitely make it again!