Chinese Food, done right ? The Good Stuff 411

February 25, 2012 ? Filed under Beef, Crock Pot, Recipes, Slow Cooker Options, Veggies ? Tagged Braggs Liquid Aminos, Crockpot Mongolian Beef, easy chinese food, green beans sunset magazine, healthy Chinese food, Spicy Sichuan Style Green Beans

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Picture from Jen's Blog

So?those of you who?follow know I don?t cook a lot of meat these days, but I am married to a great guy who as much as he loves and supports me, has no intention of giving up meat.? When I saw this recipe I knew he would love it?kids loved it too!?

This comes from Jen in the Heartland and it is TO DIE FOR!? What I really REALLY love about this recipe is it tasted just like a dish one might get at a Chinese restaurant, yet having made it I knew it was much healthier, very low in fat, and even easy on the sodium since I swapped the soy sauce out!? I served it with brown rice and some awesome green beans (see below).

Crockpot Mongolian Beef

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I made mine with smaller pieces of meat b/c of the kiddos.? I also used less red pepper on the beans.

The Sauce

• 1 1/2 lb. ball tip steak or flank steak (here you have the control. Where you buy the meat, how the meat has been raised, and how lean you want it)
• 3 cloves garlic, minced (I used Trader Joe?s frozen garlic cubes)
• 4 sliced green onions
• 1 t. dried onion
• 1/2 c. soy sauce (used Bragg?Liquid Aminos)
• 1/4 c. white wine
• 1/4 c. cooking sherry
• 1/2 T. white wine vinegar
• 1 t. sesame oil
• 1 t. molasses (used agave nectar.? Could also use honey.? If you want it to be black in color, like Jen?s is, then use molasses)
• 1 t. ginger(I buy ginger in the squeeze tube at Safeway)
• 1/4 t. black pepper
• 1 t. red chili flakes
• 1/2 T. peanut butter
• 3 T. brown sugar
• 1/4 c. cornstarch

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Add meat and cook

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1) Slice meat thin, put in?ziplock with cornstarch.
2) Put all liquid and dry spices into crockpot, add PB, mix well.
3) Add garlic and 3 green onions. ?Put meat on top, toss gingerly.
4) Cover and cook on low 4-6 hours (mine took around 3 1/2).

My friend Dee pinned this awesome recipe from Kalyn?s Kitchen?the same day I found the Crockpot Mongolian Beef, and of course I knew right away the Universe had told me just what to serve for dinner!

DELISH!

Spicy Sichuan Style Green Beans

kalyn's kitchen

(Makes 4 servings; recipe adapted from Easy Party Food, a special-interest publication of Sunset Magazine.)

• Ingredients:
  1 lb. fresh green beans, trimmed and cut into halves or thirds (Costco frozen, I always have green beans in the freezer because my favorite green bean recipe is soooo?easy and loved by all -yes, kids too) I dropped them in boiling water for 2 minutes, then saut?ed with ingredients below.
• 2 T soy sauce (I used low-sodium)
• 1 T rice vinegar (not seasoned)
• 2 tsp. Splenda, Sugar, or granular Stevia in the Raw (I used a little brown sugar)
• 1/4 ? 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes (I used 1/4 tsp. and the beans were fairly hot)
• 1/4 tsp. white pepper (or use black pepper if you don?t have white pepper)
• 1 T vegetable oil (I used olive oil)
• 2 T minced garlic
• 1 T peeled and minced ginger root (squeeze tube again)

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