Chinese Food In The House!

           Chinese food is probably my second favorite food, but for some reason I have never tried to cook it. I always wanted to try and make Chinese food at home but thought there were a lot of ingredients into making Chinese food, but there isn’t.  I started out looking on Pinterest for different types of recipes until I finally found the right one. I was going to try to make homemade beef stir-fry.

When I eat Chinese food I usually go with some kind of chicken, but for this post I decided to try a beef recipe. I went to the store to pick out the perfect flank steak that I was going to use in my stir-fry. I also grabbed a bag of carrots, sweet peas, broccoli (which I added to the recipe), and the seasoning that I needed to make this meal. I started off by cutting the steak into strips as the recipes says. Then I added it all into a pan with olive oil and the seasoning as well as the onions and a glove of garlic. I let that cook for about 15 minutes. In a separate pan I cooked the carrots, sweet peas, and the broccoli until they were softened along with a glove of garlic and about one tablespoon of soy sauce. When both the beef and the vegetables were done I added them together with another tablespoon of soy sauce and let it simmer together for about 10 minutes. As it was all simmering together I could really started smelling all the seasonings and soy coming together make a heavenly smell.

The appearance of the final product looked just like something I would receive if I had gone to a restaurant and ordered the same time. It had the perfect amount of color from the carrots to the sweet peas and broccoli. As I took my first bite I was super impressed with myself when it came to the meat. It was cooked just perfect; it was so tender that I could cut it with my fork.  For the broccoli I had to use a frozen steam bag because the broccoli at the store just didn’t look right to me, so it was an alright texture. I always prefer fresh vegetables when I cook. The carrots were perfect to my liking. I like my carrots to have a little crunch but to still be soft but not too soft. The sweet peas were a little crunchy than when I have had them at a restaurant but still wasn’t a bad taste. I actually like that there was a little crunch in the mixture.

I will certainly use this recipe again. I was very happy with the way that the stir-fry came out. I would probably add a little more seasoning and soy sauce the next time to really give the flavoring a boost. Going into this recipe I didn’t think it was going to be easy, but it was. The next time my family comes into town I will have to make it for them to see what they think about it. If you like Chinese food or any kind of stir-fry, then I would certainly recommend you trying this recipe!

http://momsdish.com/recipe/438/best-beef-stir-fry-recipe