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Showing posts with label Beef. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beef. Show all posts

Monday, September 27, 2010

Beef Tips

This is one of my families favorite dinners. You need to let this simmer for about 2 hours, so prepare early. I like it best served over wide egg noodles, but it is also good on white rice or mashed potatoes. You can also add about 1/2 to 1 cup of sour cream to make a yummy stroganoff. Enjoy!

Beef Tips
1 to 2 lbs. round steak, cut into bite size pieces
2 Tb oil
2 tsp (more or less to your liking) minced garlic
2 pkgs brown gravy mix
1 pkg mushroom gravy mix
2 1/2 C water
1 lb sliced mushroom, optional
Brown meat in oil with garlic. Add water to meat. Stir in gravy packets. Simmer for 2 hours or until meat is tender. Stir in mushrooms during last 1/2 hour.

Teriyaki Steak and Rice

The other night I was working on a recipe box and I decided to look around at labels in the pantry and came across this recipe on the Minute Rice box. I think that it would be better with a little bit more Teriyaki sauce. I also think that it would work well with chicken. If you do use steak, simmer for about an hour or until really tender, and then add the veggies and then the rice. I used green and red peppers, mushrooms and broccoli- very tasty. Enjoy!

Teriyaki Steak and Rice
1 Tb oil
1 lb. boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into thin strips
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 cups water
1/3 cups Teriyaki sauce
2 cups Minute rice, uncooked
4 cups broccoli florets
1 large red pepper, cut into strips
Heat oil. Add steak and garlic. Cook until steak is cooked to medium doneness (160 degrees). Add water and sauce; stir. Bring to a boil. Stir in rice and veggies. Boil- reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with fork.