Thursday, January 31, 2008

BBQ Beef with Mixed Stir-Fry

This dinner is a hybrid of a similar meal I saw on the Food Network. I was watching one of those cooking competitions that they have sometimes...this one was for BBQ beef. This one mom/daughter team came up with BBQ beef skewers with pineapple, red pepper, and cucumber. Of course they made their own sauce, and we don't have anywhere to really grill skewers, so this is what I came up with instead:

INGREDIENTS:

-1 thin-cut London broil-type steak (I wish I had a better description than that. Basically just a very lean thin cut steak, whatever you prefer.)

-1 cucumber, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces

-About 1/2 a pineapple, cut into bite sized pieces

-1 red pepper, cut into bite sized pieces

-BBQ sauce of your choosing


DIRECTIONS:

-First, cut the beef into bite sized cubes. Fry it in the pan until brown...maybe 75% done.

-Add in the cucumber, red pepper, and pineapple. Cook until the beef is totally done.

-Add in enough BBQ sauce to cover everything. Take off the heat and serve.


COMMENTS:

-This was basically a simple stir fry, but I like the combo of veggies/fruits that were used. I was a little leery of the BBQ sauce with the pineapple especially, but it was really good.
-You may want to put the cucumber in a little later than everything else...it cooked faster and ended up a little softer than the pepper and pineapple.

-This is a great meal if you just want to do something quick, but don't want your average chicken stir fry meal. Enjoy! :)

1 comment:

Craig Lamb Ph.D. said...

I really liked this one too. Very simple and easy (if you have a wok) and the flavors were wonderful!