Moo Moo Schzwan

Good Stuff

Mr. G was in the mood for some Beef Schzwan which for a moment sent anxiety up the middle of my back. I for one was raised a vegetarian and it was not until a few years ago that I started to eat meat. I know, I can hear the moan right now. But hey it worked for me but decided I needed to expand my horizons... that being said I also married a carnivore! A good old fashioned one that hails from Miami Florida and loves Big City Food!
Well we live in Kuna Idaho, and well the Big City food is very limited! So is our budget...any whoo as you can see that nice flank steak was my Mountain if you will. But never one to stumble in the face of failure I set out to make something worth eating.

INGREDIENTS

Flank Steak

Mushrooms

Green Onions

Green Beans

Bright Colored Peppers

Gluten Free Soy Sauce

Sherry Cooking Wine

Corn Starch: I forgot to put it in the picture! 

PROCESS OF PLAYING WITH ONES FOOD

Lay that lovely hunk of meat on a board and cut into thin strips

I cut the longer strips in half just so that it was not over whelming on the plate. I do think about such things!

 

In a medium size baking pan mix a cup of brown sugar, a couple of splashes of sherry and a few dashes of soy sauce. For those of you who need measurements I did a a 1/2 cup of sherry and a 1/4 cup of soy sauce. Mix in the pan until nice an caramel brown! 

 Place sliced steak into mixture making sure both sides are coated well, set aside. 

 

Slice up vegetables: Peppers into long strips, mushrooms with stems and green onions diced. 

Dump in peanut oil, enough to cover the bottom of the pan. Pour vegies into pan with a splash of soy sauce and a sherry, about a 1/4 cup each and saute until firm tender. 

Mean while heat up another skillet and place steak slices along with juice in the skillet. I use a cast iron skillet as the heat is more even and I can use a lower setting so that meat is not tough. Let vegies and meat cook about 5 - 10 minutes in their respective skillets. 

 

Combine skillets, I dumped the vegetables into the meat skillet and mixed in 2 tsp. of minced garlic and sprinkled sesame seeds in as well. Mix up together, lower heat to medium low and cover with a lid. After 10 minutes you will have a lot of juice which is just awesome! Yeah we have made it this far and have not caught the kitchen on fire, nor does the steak look as if it came from a shoe! 

 To thicken sauce measure out 2 tablespoons of corn starch and mix with water. Whisk it into your skillet and watch your sauce thicken into a nice and lovely glaze! 

Throw some rice noodles into a pan of hot oil and wa la you get fried rice noodles. The texture is great when mixed with our wonderful beef and orange chicken! 

ENJOY