No Mushroom Beef Stroganoff

Beef stroganoff is another one of my favorite dishes. This is such a heart warming dish.
I don't like ground beef on my stroganoff though so this calls for beef strips. And then my husband doesn't like mushrooms, so this recipe doesn't have mushrooms in it. But since I like mushrooms, I sauted some mushrooms on butter for me and added them to my plate. I think this is a picture of my plate where I have a little bit of mushrooms added on. But here goes the recipe of beef stroganof without mushrooms.

Ingredients:
Egg noodles, cooked and drained (as much or as little as you want)
1 pound sirloin steak, cut into thin strips
2 tablespoons salt, for seasoning
1 tablespoon pepper, for seasoning
1 tablespoon garlic powder
All-purpose flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
1 medium onion, sliced
1 can beef broth
1 can cream of celery soup
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup sour cream

Directions:
1) Mix the salt, pepper, and garlic powder in a small bowl and generously season the meat with it.
2) Dredge the meat with a little flour.
3) In a large skillet, melt butter on olive oil then brown both sides of the meat.
4) Remove meat from pan then add onion slices on the same pan. Saute until tender and then sprinkle with 1 teaspoon flour.
5) Add the meat back into the pan.
6) Add celery soup and beef broth.
7) Cook covered on low heat for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
8) Mix in sour cream and then the egg noodles. Serve and enjoy!

Korean Beef BBQ

I've been missing the beef bbq in kimchi in Manila so I prepared some for dinner tonight. It is always served with some beef soup and bean sprouts and so I also did a side of bean sprouts as well. I wasn't sure how they prepared their bean sprouts so what I did was just to saute the bean sprouts with a little vegetable oil and minced garlic. My husband loved this dish and that means it's really good.

Ingredients:

1 lb top sirloin, very thinly sliced into strips

1 tablespoon brown sugar

3 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon mirin (sweet rice wine)

1 tablespoon dark sesame oil

3 cloves garlic, minced (or 2 tablespoons minced and roasted garlic - you can get them in jars in the produce section of the grocery)

2 tablespoons ginger, minced

Directions:

TIP in slicing sirloin: Put the meet in the freezer for an hour before slicing so that it will be easier to cut the meat into very thin slices.

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and let the meat marinade in the mixture for at least an hour. Store in refrigirator. After the marinading the meat, heat a large frying pan. Be sure to spray some non-stick cooking spray on the pan before using. Over low-medium heat cook the meat turning regularly so each side is cooked evenly. Cook the meat until dark brown. This will take approximately 10 minutes to cook. Do not overfill the pan with meat. If needed, cook in batches. Serve with white rice and a side of bean sprouts.

Bistek Tagalog (Beef Steak Filipino Style)

Ingredients:
1 pound sirloin beef, sliced very thinly
1/4 cup soy sauce
4 tbsps, calamansi juice / lemon
1/2 teaspoon black pepper, ground
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, cut into rings
2 tablespoon cooking oil


PROCEDURE :
Combine beef, soy sauce, calamansi, and black pepper. Cover the bowl and let the beef marinade for least 2 hours. Do not discard the soy sauce marinade. In a frying pan, saute the onion and garlic for about 3 minutes. Then add the beef and pan fry it until done. After which, pour in the marinade into the pan and let it boil for 1 minute. Serve with rice.