who needs take-out when you can make this at home? Orange beef with noodles (or rice) is loaded with citrusy gingery flavor.
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS
2 pinches of salt and pepper
1 boneless rib-eye steak, approximately 1 to 1½ pounds, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 tablespoons neutral oil
6 scallions, white and green parts cut into inchlong pieces and separated
For the sauce:
1 tablespoon neutral oil
1 1½-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced
2 tablespoons orange zest, plus the juice of one orange
3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
¼ cup rice vinegar (do not use seasoned rice vinegar)
¼ cup soy sauce (gluten free soy sauce for gluten free)
Instructions
Make the sauce: Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a small sauce pan set over medium-high heat. When it begins to shimmer, add ginger, orange zest and stir to combine. Sauté mixture until ingredients soften, approximately 2 to 3 minutes, then add garlic and continue cooking until it softens, approximately 1 to 2 minutes longer.
Add orange juice, brown sugar, rice vinegar, soy sauce to pan and stir to combine. Allow mixture to come to a boil, then lower the heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until it thickens and reduces by half, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
Season meat lightly with salt and pepper. In a second large skillet or wok set over high heat, heat oil until it shimmers and is about to smoke. Add beef to the pan or wok in a single layer and cook without stirring until the bottoms of the pieces are crisp and golden, approximately 1½ to 2 minutes. Add white pieces of scallion to the pan, then turn the beef pieces over and cook the other sides, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes more for medium-rare.
Pour orange sauce into the hot pan or wok, let it coat the meat. Add 3 packages of cooked brown rice/buckwheat ramen noodles (or omit this step and serve with rice).
Recipe by Nutritious Eats at https://www.nutritiouseats.com/orange-beef-gluten-free/