I will preface this one by saying that my kids like broccoli and mushrooms. I know a lot of kids do not. This is a recipe I make all the time. It's quick, easy and everyone in my house loves it. I found it on About.Com when I searched for recipes that used stew meat. Stew meat is inexpensive, which is my goal, but you could use something more expensive if you'd like. Broccoli and mushrooms are fresh which I also like. (But don't have to be if you don't have them on hand, you can use frozen broccoli florets and either skip the mushrooms or use canned, sliced. The original recipe doesn't call for mushrooms at all.) It's also a one pot, one dish meal, which I love as well.
Ingredients
2 to 3 cups leftover steak thinly sliced into 1" strips (aka stew meat in my house)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 cups fresh broccoli florets (or 1 16 ounce bag frozen florets)
1 package dry brown gravy mix (I use two)
1 cup water (I use 2 cups because I use two packs of gravy mix)
pepper to taste
I add in a package of fresh sliced mushrooms
Cooked white rice or Chinese Noodles (I do rice.)
Directions
Heat oil in large frying pan over med. high heat. Add sliced steak strips (stew meat) and saute until hot, about three minutes (longer if frozen as mine always is.) Add broccoli (uncooked) and mushrooms if you choose to use them, and mix.
In a small bowl stir together the gravy mix, water and pepper (I never use pepper.) Add to the broccoli and beef in the pan.
Heat to a boil, stirring occasionally.
Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer about 10 minutes.
Serve over rice or noodles.
Makes 4-5 servings, although we've gotten six out of it, (keeping in mind that one of our servings is still a littler kid,) and there's never any left at my house.
Enjoy!
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