Stir-Fried Beef on Lettuce
Ninez McConnell
Ingredients
25 m servings- Adjust
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce and wine or broth. Reserve 1/4 cup. Place beef in a resealable plastic bag. Add remaining soy sauce mixture; seal and mix. Refrigerate for 15 minutes. Place cornstarch in a small bowl. stir in reserved soy sauce mixture until smooth; set aside.
- In a nonstick skillet, stir-fry mushrooms and snow peas in 2 teaspoons hot oil for 3-4 minutes or until snow peas are crisp-tender. Remove and keep warm. Drain and discard marinade from beef. In the same skillet, stir-fry beef in remaining oil for 2 minutes. Stir cornstarch mixture; add to skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Place lettuce on four serving plates. Top with beef mixture and snow pea mixture.
Footnotes
- Nutritional Analysis: One serving (1 cup stir-fry mixture with 2 cup lettuce) equals 246 calories, 10 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 64 mg cholesterol, 856 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 26 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 vegetable, 1 fat.
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It never hurts to make a deliberate effort to cut fat and carbs to eat healthier and watch the waistline. That's exactly what my point was in choosing this recipe. Hubs and I enjoyed this. I c...
I like the idea of this recipe but something about warm meat on cold lettuce didn't work.
It never hurts to make a deliberate effort to cut fat and carbs to eat healthier and watch the waistline. That's exactly what my point was in choosing this recipe. Hubs and I enjoyed this. I c...
Excellent recipe! I used sesame oil instead of canola, added some sesame seeds to the marinating beef, used chicken broth and replaced the cornstarch (we didn't have any) with whole wheat flour...
This dish is EXCELLENT!!!! I followed the recipe exactly, using chicken broth and serving it over shredded lettuce. WOW was I impressed! My boyfriend is diabetic and I'm always searching for...
This was wonderful. I was skeptical about using lettuce but I went for it and it was great! Instead of mushrooms and snowpeas, I used bell pepper, carrots, and water chestnuts, due to personal t...
Great recipe! I love the contrast with the hot stir veggies and cold lettuce. We are on a low carb diet and didn't even miss the rice that would usually accompany this.
I like the idea of this recipe but something about warm meat on cold lettuce didn't work.
I changed the mushrooms for onions b/c that's what I had on hand, but otherwise stuck with the recipe exactly. I was pensive about the lettuce (b/c I would normally use rice), but I went with i...