After we lived within the U.S. I might use sliced flank steak in stir-fries.
Right here I exploit floor beef.
The meat that’s priced proper to make use of in a stir-fry just isn’t, in my view, tender sufficient for the job.
If I’m paying the worth for a tenderloin I’m not placing it in a stir-fry.
Floor beef provides me the flavour I would like plus it’s low-cost, straightforward, and dependable.
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Stir-Fried Beef & Mushrooms
Numerous veggies make this a wholesome dinner for 2 – and fast sufficient for a busy day.
- Prep Time: quarter-hour
- Prepare dinner Time: 20 minutes
- Complete Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Class: One Dish Dinners
- Methodology: Skillet
- 8oz (240gr) floor beef
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tbs contemporary ginger, minced
- 1/2 inexperienced pepper, minimize into sticks
- 1 medium carrot, minimize into sticks
- 4oz (120gr) mushrooms, trimmed, sliced
- 1 rib celery, sliced
- 1 small can water chestnuts, sliced
- 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) beef broth
- 1 tbs tomato paste (or ketchup for those who don’t have tomato paste)
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 tsp sesame or walnut oil
- 1 tbs cornstarch (or thickener of selection) dissolved in
- 2 tbs soy sauce
- Rice:
- 1/2 cup quick-cooking brown rice
- 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) beef broth
- In massive non-stick skillet warmth oils over medium-high warmth.
- Add onion, celery, pepper, carrots, and stir-fry 5 minutes.
- Add mushrooms, garlic, ginger and stir-fry 3 minutes longer.
- Add beef and sauté, breaking it up because it browns.
- When beef is brown add chestnuts, tomato paste and broth.
- Cowl, scale back warmth to medium-low and let simmer 5 minutes.
- Give the cornstarch combination a stir to recombine.
- Flip the warmth up underneath the skillet and add the cornstarch combination, stirring continuously till thickened.
- Serve over rice.
- Rice:
- Prepare dinner rice in response to bundle directions
Notes
I exploit brown Basmati which cooks in 16 minutes. Substitute common Basmati or your favourite.
Vitamin
- Serving Dimension:
- Energy: 1072
- Sugar: 21.7 g
- Sodium: 1947.5 mg
- Fats: 29.4 g
- Saturated Fats: 6.7 g
- Trans Fats: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 132.6 g
- Fiber: 15.6 g
- Protein: 72.2 g
- Ldl cholesterol: 135.6 mg
Key phrases: stir-fried beef, mushrooms, floor beef

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We had briefly thought-about taking a river cruise from Porto to Salamanca, exploring the Duoro extra completely.
The consideration lasted till we discovered the costs….
Nonetheless, we may take a practice!
And we did.
A straightforward day journey from Porto by practice took us to the stunning metropolis of Regua.

The practice went alongside the banks of the river and was a snug journey, simply wanting 2 hours.
Regua was sufficiently small to discover on foot.
Essentially the most putting factor, after all, had been the tiled partitions:

One lengthy wall on the primary street from the practice station was coated in scenes from the wine manufacturing.

My restricted analysis tells me that the tiles are painted after being baked and glazed…. so after being placed on the partitions.

Nonetheless they’re made – they’re lovely and the partitions are improbable.