Cooking From Stockpile: Beef Vegetable ‘Unfried’ Rice

July 3, 2010

Beef Vegetable Fried Rice Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 Small Flank Steak (cut into bite size pieces) $1.89 (marked down)
  • 2 Bags Steamfresh Brown Rice ($0.20 each after coupons)
  • 1 Bag Steamfresh Broccoli Florets ($0.40 after coupon)
  • 1 Small Can Water Chestnuts $0.97
  • 2 Large Carrots Shredded (I finely shred them in a small food processor) $0.20
  • 1/2 Cup Frozen Peas (about 1/4 of the bag) $0.40
  • 2 Cloves Garlic Crushed $0.20
  • 2 Eggs Scrambled $0.25
  • 1/4 Cup Low Sodium Soy Sauce $0.20
  • 1/4 Cup 365 Organics Soy/Ginger Sauce (from Whole Foods) $0.50

DIRECTIONS:

IMO, the best method for making fried rice or stir-fry is to have everything ready. Once you put the meat in the pan, this recipe goes very quickly so my directions are in the order that I do it.

  1. Cook the rice and broccoli in the microwave according to the package directions and set aside.
  2. Cook the eggs and set aside.
  3. Rinse the frozen peas with hot water and set aside.
  4. Open and drain the water chestnuts and set aside.
  5. Heat one tablespoon olive oil over high heat in a large skillet. When the oil is hot, add the beef and one tablespoon of the low sodium soy sauce. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until just cooked through.
  6. Turn the heat way down to medium-low, add the garlic and carrots and cook for about 2-3 minutes.
  7. Add the broccoli, water chestnuts, peas, rice, eggs, remaining soy sauce and soy/ginger sauce.
  8. Stir constantly until ingredients are mixed well and heated through.
  9. Taste and adjust for seasoning. Salt, pepper or more sauce…whatever you like.
  10. Serve immediately.

Total cost: $5.41 made a huge pan. More than enough for dinner and lunch the next day!

My family loves fried rice so I am always making these ‘unfried’ versions and no two are ever the same. I really like using the different oriental sauces to change it up and frozen microwavable veggies eliminate the need for all the chopping. Super quick, super healthy and very affordable! Who says eating healthy isn’t easy AND affordable?? BTW I was able to get the flank steak so cheap because my meat manager had just marked them down :-)

This recipe is part of our Cooking From My Stockpile Series

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