Sweet And Sour Beef Cubes With Baby Carrots Recipes

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and water until smooth. Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper. In a large nonstick skillet or wok coated with cooking spray, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high heat. Add beef; stir-fry 2-3 minutes or until no longer pink. Remove from pan. , In same skillet, stir-fry peppers and apples in remaining oil for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup green onions; stir-fry 1-3 minutes longer or until peppers are crisp-tender. Remove from pan., Add brown sugar and vinegar to skillet; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Stir cornstarch mixture and add to pan. Return to a boil; cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Return beef and pepper mixture to pan; heat through. If desired, serve with rice. Sprinkle with remaining green onion.

Steps:

• Place the carrots into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two.
• Return the pot to the stove; reduce the heat to medium-low. Melt the butter in the pot. Stir in the honey and brown sugar; add the carrots and stir until evenly coated; cook another 5 minutes

Steps:

• Trim all the fat off the meat and cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes.
• Put a large scoop of flour into plastic bag and put the beef cubes on top.
• Shake so the flour coats all the beef cubes.
• Put the coated cubes into a large casserole or Dutch oven. Slice the 3 onions thin and place them over the beef.
• Mix together all the other ingredients and pour over the onions.
• Bake in a covered pan at 250 to 300 degrees for 3 hours.

Steps:

• Heat a deep skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir beef in hot skillet until completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer beef to a slow cooker.
• Whisk water, vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, and cornstarch together until smooth; pour over the beef.
• Cook on Low until the beef is tender and the sauce is thick, 6 to 8 hours.

Steps:

• Halve 1 pound carrots lengthwise and cut into 3-inch pieces; steam until tender, about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, simmer 2 tablespoons cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 2 teaspoons sugar, 1 smashed garlic clove and a pinch of salt until syrupy, about 3 minutes. Add a pinch of red pepper flakes. Season the carrots with salt and drizzle with the sweet-and-sour sauce. Top with chopped parsley.

Steps:

• Cut beef into 1 -inch cubes and dredge in flour, salt and pepper.
• In a large skillet, brown beef in a little oil, and place in slow cooker.
• Add remaining ingredients plus 1 cup of water.
• Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours.
• Add carrots and cook an additional 1 1/2 hours.

Steps:

• Remove fat from beef. Cut beef with grain into 2-inch strips; cut strips across grain into 1/8-inch slices. Mix cornstarch and cold water.
• Heat wok or 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil; rotate wok to coat side. Add beef and onion; stir-fry about 3 minutes or until beef is brown. Stir in pineapple, sugar, vinegar, bouillon granules and soy sauce. Heat to boiling. Stir in cornstarch mixture; cook and stir 1 minute.
• Stir in bell pepper and tomatoes; cook and stir 1 minute. Serve with rice.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• Toss carrots with oil and salt and pepper to taste in a shallow (1-inch-deep) baking pan. Roast in middle of oven, stirring once, until barely tender, about 20 minutes. Leave oven on.
• Stir together vinegar and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Drizzle over carrots, shaking pan to coat, then roast until carrots are tender and vinegar is evaporated, 5 to 8 minutes more.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown steak in oil over medium-high heat; transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Add the next 10 ingredients; stir well. , Cover and cook on low until meat is tender, 7-8 hours. If desired, thicken cooking liquid. Serve with pasta. If desired, top with green onions.

Steps:

• Fill a serving bowl with the cream cheese dip.
• Wash and peel 4 long carrots for fingers and 1 medium carrot for a thumb.
• With a paring knife (a parent's job), cut a flat, shallow notch in the tip of each carrot.
• Then use a dab of dip or softened cream cheese to glue a sliced-almond fingernail atop each notch.
• Stick the fingers in the dip and serve with baby carrotsor crackers for dipping.

Steps:

• In a small bowl combine brown sugar, cider vinegar, reserved pineapple juice, soy sauce and garlic.
• Add/stir in the brown sugar until completely dissolved; set aside.
• Heat oil in a skillet.
• Season the beef cubes with salt and pepper then brown in hot oil on all sides.
• Place the browned meat in the slow cooker along with the red pepper flakes.
• Add in carrots and onion to the slow cooker.
• Pour the pineapple juice mixture over the veggies and beef.
• Cover and cook on LOW setting for 7-9 hours or on HIGH heat for about 3-4 hours, or until the meat is tender.
• Increase the heat to HIGH.
• Dissolve the cornstarch and cold water in a small bowl.
• Add in the cornstarch mixture, pineapple chunks and green pepper into the beef mixture in the slow cooker.
• Continue to cook for about 30 minutes, or until the green pepper is crisply tender and the juices are thickened.
• Serve with cooked rice.

Steps:

• Chop onion, cabbage, carrots and celery. Saute in 2 tbsp olive oil. (Do not brown!) Just saute till the vegetables are tender. Remove to Large Pot.
• Use same pan as above and cook ground beef (you may substitute ground turkey) then drain off fat. Add to Pot.
• Add remaining ingredients and stir well. (I pinch the fennel seed and caraway seed between my fingers to slightly break open the seeds instead of throwing in whole seeds.)
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Simmer for 3-4 hours till all vegetables are very tender. Serve with a crusty bread. Enjoy!

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown beef in oil in batches; drain. Transfer to a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. , In a large bowl, combine the tomato sauce, onions, carrots, green pepper, pineapple, vinegar, brown sugar, corn syrup, chili powder, paprika and salt; pour over beef. , Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until beef is tender. Serve with rice if desired. Freeze option: Freeze cooled stew in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add broth or water if necessary.

Steps:

• Place beef cubes into crockpot. Add all remaining ingredients EXCEPT egg noodles. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
• Just before beef is done, cook egg noodles according to package directions; drain. Use optional butter for the cooked noodles, if desired.
• Serve beef mixture over hot cooked noodles.