So…
I felt really ambitious last Wednesday (3/14/07), so instead of going to the gym… I went home early to cook! I had some beef top round left over in the freezer and I wanted to put it to good use. Kroger had a sale on asparagus ($1.99 per lb) totally awesome and they were pretty tender too, picked that over broccoli. For my stir-fry, I used beef, asparagus, canned straw mushrooms, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, cornstarch, and beef broth. One thing I did differently is I steamed the asparagus first to get them cook and tender, which I found out later that they were so fresh to begin with, they didn’t even need to be steamed first. Using beef broth and cornstarch kinda made the sauce a little gravy like, which I didn’t mind. Some people like to add sugar to asian stir-fry, but not me, sorry.
The rice I believe is Botan Red Rose, short grain rice. THAT is the only kind I keep around at home, the red and yellow label. The stir-fry turned out pretty good, above my expectations… maybe that is due to the fact that I used thick slices of round roast which comes with some fat in between. All of those factors made it taste like steak. Mmmm… steak. So it was like eating stir-fry w/thin steak… yeah, good stuff.
Honestly, I think this dish is pretty healthy too… not bad.
mmm…stir-fry. i want rice. damn. im craving asian.
Comment by j. spandex — Thursday, March 22, 2007 @ 12:51 pm |