As luck would have it, I have unintentionally neglected my blog. My life gets a bit turned around when Chris is back home as spending time with one another is crucial since we never know where the next job will take him and for how long. THEN there's that God-awful incident from which I am STILL recovering from, the dreaded flu. It will have been 2 weeks this Friday; thankfully, I am 99% better but still have lingering issues with my voice and a very light, occasional productive cough.
I do have another recipe to post that I made a few weeks ago, just before I fell ill, that I will try to post up by this weekend. Blog, I am sorry for my neglect; please forgive me! LOL
OMG, let me tell all of you that for the first time since I have lived on my own (nearly 15 yrs now), I have NEVER EVER not had chicken or seafood in my freezer. For those who know me well, I am not, nor have I EVER been a really big beef eater. That day has now arrived: our freezer is completely overloaded with C-O-W! Seriously. I can't believe I have no chicken, seafood, lamb or pork in there at all. How did this happen? I know how: we got a really fantastic deal on what the guy liked to refer to as "cow in a box". In this box, we got 8-10 Kansas City Strip steaks, 8-10 ribeyes, 18 hamburger steaks (patties) and 8 peppered beef tenderloins. We bought this a few months ago because the meat is good for up to a year; and as evidenced by this email, we still have tons left! Surprisingly the meat has turned out to be very tender and juicy so we have yet to be disappointed.
Chris commented the other day that he was "steaked out" which is funny because I made ribeyes for us over a week ago. Yesterday I asked him to stop by the store and pick up some chicken or fish, and he came home with catfish fillets which I seasoned up really nicely, broiled and served with a salad. I told him last night that today we WERE having beef, lol. I researched and researched different recipes for ideas on how to prepare the Kansas City Strip Steaks that I had moved to the fridge last night. I wanted to cook them differently and not as an actual steak (I think the chefs on Chopped would call it re purposing lol.) After reading through dozens and dozens of recipes, I concocted the following:
Sesame-Ginger Strip Steak
1/3 cup rice vinegar
3 Tbs sodium soy sauce
1 Tbs hoisin sauce
2 tsp cornstarch
1 1/2 tsp dark brown sugar
2 tsp grated peeled fresh ginger
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 tsp dark sesame oil, divided
2 Kansas City Strip Steaks, trimmed of fat and sliced against the grain
1 1/2 cups shredded carrot
1 onion, quartered & sliced
1/2 cup fresh bean sprouts
8 oz uncooked wide rice stick noodles (banh pho)
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 Tbs sesame seeds, toasted
Soak your rice noodle sticks in warm water for about 45-60 min.
Combine the first 8 ingredients, whisking until sugar dissolves.
Heat a wok or large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 teaspoon sesame oil to pan. Add half of steak; sauté 4 minutes or until browned.
Remove steak from pan. Repeat procedure with remaining oil and steak. Add vinegar mixture, carrot, onion, and sprouts to pan; cook for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently (this resulted in nice crispy veggies; you may want to stir fry longer if you want your veggies less crispy). Return steak to pan. Add noodles; cook 3-4 minute, stirring constantly. Sprinkle with green onions and sesame seeds.
If your eyes are sharp, you will notice there are no sesame seeds in the dish; I did not realize I was out of sesame seeds so my plan did not work out completely. I can see how my plan for the toasted seeds would add a nice texture and flavor profile to this dish.
Suggestions: I would say that sugar snap peas, red or yellow bell peppers and broccoli (for you enthusiasts, lol) would also be a great addition to this dish; personally, I used what I had here at home. As far as the noodles are concerned, I can suggest using regular rice noodles if that is all you can find; I used these because it's what I had in the pantry. If you don't have an Asian market in your area, look in the international aisle of your grocery store for these noodles.
Dinner was a success! Chris agrees that this dish beats take out for sure (makes me very happy) Hope you give it a try and that you like it as much as we did.
Until next time, Happy Eating!!
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