Brainy Beefy Mongolian Beef with Wild Rice and more...

 

For this dish, you will need:beef stew meat or inexpensive steak cut (1lb), garlic, onion, green or red pepper, ginger and garlic paste, one young zucchini or green beans, sun dried tomatoes, wild rice and homemade Mongolian Beef sauce which is like teriyaki only with a small amount of natural ground peanut butter (softened with sesame oil) in the mix.  

Homemade Mongolian Beef sauce can be a basic recipe is: 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup of beef broth or stock, along with tablespoon cornstarch mixed in, 1 tbs of ginger paste and 2 tbs of peanut butter, 4-5 tablespoons honey or brown sugar, and red pepper flakes to taste. To that mixture, you can add garlic paste to taste. For an extra zing, you can use a dash or two of either Rice or Marsala wine.

To begin, cube the beef, chop the onion, zucchini or green beans, sun dried tomatoes and green/red pepper; for a quick stir fry in olive oil or coconut oil. Once this stir fry is singed on the edges, remove from heat and place in a warm oven while you prepare the wild rice.  

When the rice (s) is/are tender, drain and ladle onto a serving plate, top with beef and vegetables from the oven and pour over any additional sauce left over in the skillet.

~ Tutti a Tavola!