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Beef & veggie-loaded stir-fry

6

Points®

Total time: 40 min • Prep: 25 min • Cook: 15 min • Serves: 2 • Difficulty: Easy

Looking for a recipe that will knock your tastebuds off in the best kind of way? This sweet, savory, and spicy beef stir-fry is packed with tantalizing flavor. After quickly browning thin slices of lean beef, a garden basket of fresh vegetables gets stir-fried in the rich pan drippings. An uncommonly delicious garlic sauce brings all the components together for a restaurant-quality result. The unique garlic sauce is destined to become your new weapon for adding great flavor to an array of dishes in no time. Leftover stir-fry is delicious reheated the next day.

Ingredients

Carrots

3 medium

Uncooked bok choy

10 oz

Broccoli

½ pound(s)

Garlic

2 clove(s)

Unseasoned rice vinegar

1 Tbsp

Unpacked light brown sugar

1 Tbsp

Sesame oil

1 Tbsp

Worcestershire sauce

2 Tbsp

Sambal oelek

1 Tbsp

Table salt

1 pinch(es)

Black pepper

1 pinch(es)

Uncooked lean trimmed beef eye round

10 oz

All-purpose flour

¼ cup(s)

Extra virgin olive oil

1 tsp

Instructions

1

Heat pot of water to boiling. Halve carrots lengthwise, then thinly slice crosswise. Cut off and discard root end of bok choy; roughly chop, separating white stems and green leaves. Cut broccoli into small florets. Peel and finely chop garlic; using flat of knife, smash into paste. In a bowl, combine next five ingredients with garlic paste. Season with salt and pepper.

2

Pat beef dry; place in bowl, top with flour, and season with salt and pepper. Toss to coat. In nonstick pan, heat  olive oil on medium-high. Add beef; cook without stirring, 2 to 3 minutes, until lightly browned. Continue to cook, stirring, 1 to 2 minutes, until browned and just cooked through. Leaving any browned bits in pan, transfer to plate.

3

Meanwhile, add broccoli to pot of boiling water. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until bright green and tender. Drain.

4

Add carrots and bok choy stems to pan. Cook on medium-high, stirring occasionally, 2 to 3 minutes, until slightly softened. Add garlic sauce. Cook, stirring, 1 to 2 minutes, until veggies are tender and sauce is slightly thickened.

5

Add beef, broccoli, and chopped bok choy leaves to pan. Cook, stirring frequently, 1 to 2 minutes, or until coated and heated through.

6

Makes 2 servings. Each serving is half the recipe.

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