Showing posts with label beef. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beef. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2008

Southwestern Steak, Corn & Black Bean wraps

Ingredients
1 cup frozen whole-kernel corn, thawed
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons minced red onion
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon extravirgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
2 1/4 cups chopped Basic Grilled Flank Steak (about 9 ounces)
6 (8-inch) fat-free flour tortillas
3/4 cup (3 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeƱo peppers
Preparation
Combine first 9 ingredients, stirring well to coat.

Arrange about 1/3 cup Basic Grilled Flank Steak down center of each tortilla. Top each tortilla with about 1/3 cup corn mixture and 2 tablespoons cheese; roll up. Wrap sandwiches in aluminum foil or wax paper, and chill.
Yield

6 servings (serving size: 1 wrap)
Nutritional Information

CALORIES 327(29% from fat); FAT 10.4g (sat 4.7g,mono 4.3g,poly 0.7g); PROTEIN 21g; CHOLESTEROL 37mg; CALCIUM 131mg; SODIUM 796mg; FIBER 4.6g; IRON 3mg; CARBOHYDRATE 39.8g

Barbara Seelig Brown , Cooking Light, JULY 2005

Notes: This was really tasty! Though we didn't chill them and we heated up the corn & bean mixture and let it get a bit room temp. while the steak grilled. If you've ever tried the corn salsa from Chipotle it tastes a bit like that. We also used a fajita marinade for the steak.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Gingered Beef & Veggies

1.5 lb. Boneless Beef Round Steak, cut into 1" pieces
1 to 1.5 C of baby carrots, sliced in half lengthwise
1/2 C cut green onions
2 cloves garlic, minced
1.5 C water
2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
2 tsp grated fresh ginger
1.5 tsp instant beef bouillon granules
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
3 Tbsp Cornstarch
3 Tbsp cold water
1/2 C chopped sweet red pepper
2 C Sugar Snap Peas
Hot Cooked Rice

Combine Beef, Carrots, Green Onions, and Garlic in a slow cooker/crockpot.
In a medium bowl, combine 1.5 C water, soy sauce, bouillon, ginger and crushed red pepper. Pour over mixture in crockpot.
Cover and cook on high heat for 6 hours.
In a small bowl, stir together corn starch and cold water. Stir into meat mix along with sweet peppers.
Cover and cook for 20 to 30 more minutes until thickened, stirring once.
Stir in Sugar Snap Peas and let cook for about 5 minutes and then serve with rice.