Marinated Beef With Vegetables And Pasta

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 ounces round steaks, cut into strips (you can also use rump steak, or sirloin)
• 8 ounces rotini pasta
• 1 medium carrot, peeled and sliced
• 6 ounces new potatoes
• 4 ounces green beans, trimmed
• 3 tablespoons sunflower oil (i have used canola oil and it tasted fine)
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon sake or 1 tablespoon sherry wine
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil (i have used canola oil and added a tsp sesame seeds)
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1/2 chicken stock cube, dissolved in 6 tablespoons boiling water
• 1/2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon low sodium soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1/2 sweet red pepper, cut into strips
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 mix together the ingredients for the marinade and marinate the beef strips for at least 20 minutes, flipping halfway through. i usually marinate for 1 hour, flipping after a half hour.
• 2 when the beef is done marinating, cook the pasta in a large pot of lightly salted boiling water according to the instructions on the package, drain, set aside, and keep warm.
• 3 steam the carrot, potatoes, and green beans for about 6 minutes or until tender.
• 4 meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a wok or large frying pan over medium-high heat and stir-fry the beef for 3 minutes. take out the beef and set aside.
• 5 in the same pan, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil and saute the garlic and onion for 3 minutes.
• 6 add the red pepper to the onion and cook for 2 minutes. add to beef/veggie mixture.
• 7 cut the potatoes into slices, and add these together with the carrot, green beans, and beef and season with some salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• 8 mix together the ingredients for the sauce.
• 9 stir the sauce and cooked pasta into the veggie/beef/onion mixture and cook for 2 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly.