Seared Beef with Snow Peas

I love, love, love Chinese food! Amen.

I saw this recipe on the Pioneer Woman's blog and I had to try it! So far everything I have tried from her blog has been so yummy. Including this beef dish! It was really easy to make and it had so much flavor! If you are a Chinese food junkie like myself- try this! Be sure to cook some roasted garlic edamame as an appetizer, you won't regret it!

Tonight was the first time I have cooked with fresh ginger, flank steak, and Sherry cooking wine. I was a little nervous but everything turned out great. If you would like to see step by step pictures from Ree's blog- click here.

Ingredients:
- 1 pound Flank steak, trimmed and sliced very thin
- 1/3 cup of soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons of Sherry Cooking Wine
- 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon of fresh minced ginger
- 8 ounces of fresh snow peas, ends trimmed
- handful of chopped green onions
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- crushed red pepper flakes
- rice, cooked according to package
- 1 package of Sun Bird fried rice seasoning mix

Directions:
1) Cook rice and set aside. While the rice is cooking, I added a package of the fried rice seasoning mix. It turned out sort-of like fried rice. Pretty good!

2) In a bowl, mix together the soy sauce, brown sugar, cornstarch, and ginger.

3) Add sliced meat to bowl and toss. Set aside.

4) Heat oil in large skillet/wok over high heat. Add snow peas and stir for about a minute. Remove to a separate plate.

5) Allow pan to get very hot again. With tongs, add pieces of meat (in a single layer) and do not flip or stir for about a minute. 

6) Then turn the meat to the other side for another minute. This will ensure that the meat gets nice and seared. My skillet wasn't big enough so I had to cook the meat in 2 batches. If the same thing happens to you, just remove batch #1 and set aside. Then add batch #2 and cook the same way.

7) Once all of the meat is cooked, add it all back into the pan with the snow peas, green onions, and the rest of the marinade. Stir well and turn fire off. The mixture will thicken as it sits.

8) Serve over rice. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes for some spice.

9) Voila! 

  Get Cookin'!