Steak Stir Fry

I'm always looking for things to make cubed steak into. I don't particularly like cubed steak, I think it's tough and there's not a lot of things to do with it. Since we have Daddy's cows we have a lot of it though, so I've been experimenting. Here's one that turned out really well:

Cubed Steak (ours comes in packages of four)
Olive Oil
Assorted vegetables (I bought some "stir fry" veggies at Costco and don't particularly like them, fresh is better but the frozen are okay) I usually use a red pepper, pea pods, onion, broccoli, carrots, and water chesnuts
Season All for the steak
Kikkoman Stir Fry sauce (I used to make my own, this is better and easier)
Rice

Pour a little olive oil into the bottom of a wok and heat on medium. Cut the steak into thin strips and add to the oil. Let it cook while you cut up the veggies, stirring every once in awhile so it doesn't burn. Cook steak until it's no longer pink, you can drain some of the juice off of it if you want. I did and I probably drained more than I should have. Add the vegetables and continue cooking, stirring occasionally. When you think it's done add the sauce and let it simmer for a little while. The sauce is really strong, I thought it was too strong but Nancy and Dennis liked it. Probably wouldn't have been as strong if I hadn't drained off all the juice from the meat. Serve over rice. I forgot to make the rice when we had it, so we just ate the meat and veggies, but it turned out okay.

Sweet and Sour Chicken

A long time ago, I was reading my cousin Melissa's blog and she had posted a recipe for sweet and sour chicken. So I tried it and it's yummy. We made it for dinner last night.


So Here's the Recipe:
3-4 Chicken Breasts, I like to cut mine while they are still frozen into chunks and let them soak in 1 cup of soy sauce and 1 cup of coke for a couple of hours.
1 Green Pepper
1 Red Pepper
1 Red Onion
1 can of Pineapple Chunks
Chopped up Carrots....as many as your family likes
Snow Peas.....as many as your family likes

I like to cook my chicken seperately from the veggies, because veggies cook more quickly. I always drain the excess fluid off the chicken and then cook veggies in the same pan.

Sweet and Sour Sauce:

Pineapple Juice
1/2 cup Ketchup
1/2 cup White Vinegar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
3 TB Cornstarch
2 TB Soy Sauce

Drain Pineapple juice into pan, add ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, soy sauce and cornstarch. Stir sauce with a wire whisk until it is smooth and clear when you pull the whisk up.

Once your sauce is clear and think and smooth, add sauce in small amounts to the veggies, pineapple chunks and chicken, until everything is evenly coated with sauce. You can serve over rice or oriental noodles.