This recipe is from my the cooking class I took at BYU. (It provided me with a great recipe arsenal! Such a great class...) The original recipe calls for beef boneless sirloin, but I can never seem to find it, and the similar things I see are really pricey. So I used boneless pork sirloin, which was much cheaper. The beef is more tender, but I like the pork as well.
1 lb (I used more like 3/4 lb and it was plenty) beef (or pork) boneless sirloin, cut across the grain into thin strips like sticks of gum
2 cans (14.5 oz each) beef broth, divided
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 clove garlic, minced
1/8 teaspoon powdered ginger
1/4 cup orange marmalade
3 cups snap pea pods (I use frozen since they're much cheaper)
6 oz. uncooked extra thin spaghetti noodles
Spray 12 inch skillet with cooking spray. Cook meat in skillet over medium-high heat 2 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until brown. Remove meat from skillet; keep warm. Mix cornstarch with 1/2 cup of beef broth. Set aside to thicken sauce later in recipe. In same skillet as used to cook meat, mix remaining broth, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, and marmalade. Heat to boiling. Stir in noodles; reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook about 5 to 10 minutes or until noodles are tender. Stir in snap pea pods, broth/cornstarch mixture, and meat. Cook uncovered 2 to 3 minutes, or until sauce is slightly thickened.
**Note: The peas in this recipe tend to get quite shriveled and unappetizing when reheated. If it's not all going to be eaten in one sitting, I would suggest only adding peas in to the amount you estimate you will consume, and adding in others as needed. You can heat up the peas seperately and then stir them into the amount you estimate you will consume.
Wow, the picture looks beautiful. You could take these for a restaurant.
ReplyDeleteHahaha, thanks! Random story about the bowl in the picture--right after we got married we went to an event called "Soup Bowls for Humanity" at the Covey Center for the Arts. It was basically where you would go and buy a bowl of soup for something like $3-$5 (which went to charity), and you got to keep the bowl (which students had made in pottery class). Sam got this one, and it wasn't until a month or two ago that I noticed the words, "try it, you'll like it" lightly imprinted onto the two sides of the bowl. If you look at the picture on the left side where the top of the bowl meets the edge, you can see "try it." :)
ReplyDeleteHa ha. My favorite part of this post (besides the picture, which I also agree is amazing) is that you used the word consume - twice. :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I recently discovered Costco has big pork sirloins that you can cut yourself - they are a giant roll that would normally be divided by the butcher into roasts and chops, but they sell for cheaper (per pound), and you can portion them off as you like. You might see if your grocer or a nearby butcher has something similar.
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