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Orange Beef {Gluten Free}

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Forget take-out, make this tasty orange beef with a citrusy ginger-garlic sauce, perfect to serve with noodles or rice. 

Forget take-out, make this tasty orange beef with a citrusy ginger-garlic sauce, perfect to serve with noodles or rice.

 

Guys, I think this might be my first beef recipe on the blog! I don’t buy red meat on a regular basis because I am just not drawn to it. I do appreciate a good hamburger, but again, it’s not part of my usual intake. However, my parents were visiting and dad made this dish and I really liked it so if you like beef, you might like this one too!

Dad got the original recipe from the New York Times Food section but changed it quite a bit, and really simplified it. Overall it was a hit with everyone, including the kids!

Forget take-out, make this tasty orange beef with a citrusy ginger-garlic sauce, perfect to serve with noodles or rice.

And my mom found these noodles at Costco- and they are so great. They are basically just like plain Ramen noodles with out any seasoning so you need to add them to a sauce or a flavorful broth. I love that they are made with brown rice flour and millet. They are very nutritious, being high fiber and protein. Plus they cook in just 4 minutes!

Even though the front of the package looks like it’s a soup, they are just plain, sodium-free, gluten-free noodles that you can do whatever you want with. Look for them at your local store.

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If you don’t find anything similar you can just omit adding the noodles and make a batch of rice instead. Either way the sauce is the main star here. You just need a little portion of carbs to go along with it to sop up the sauce- so so good. Not into beef? You can use shrimp or tofu too! I honestly think any protein would be good.

I love Asian inspired dishes so much that I wonder if I should just learn to cook more Asian food at home. Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese….all amazing cuisines packed with flavor!

Looking for other Asian inspired dishes?

Forget take-out, make this tasty orange beef with a citrusy ginger-garlic sauce, perfect to serve with noodles or rice.

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Do you have a favorite Asian recipe? If so, drop the link in the comments. I’d love to experiment with more Asian cooking at home.

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Orange Beef
 
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who needs take-out when you can make this at home? Orange beef with noodles (or rice) is loaded with citrusy gingery flavor.
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Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Asian
Serves: 4
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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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).

Forget take-out, make this tasty orange beef with a citrusy ginger-garlic sauce, perfect to serve with noodles or rice.

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  7. Yum! We don’t go out to often for Chinese food, but when we do, my kids love to get orange chicken. Of course it’s deep fried, and not nearly as healthy as your version 🙂 Definitely want to try this for one of our weeknight meals!

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