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Sweet-and-Sour Beef with Broccoli Recipe

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Our Test Kitchen recreated the classic Chinese beef and broccoli dish using a beautiful variety of colorful veggies and inexpensive ground beef. Serve over rice noodles--which you can find in the Asian section of your grocery store--for a change from pasta.

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Sweet-and-Sour Beef with Broccoli Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 6 Servings

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Ingredients

1 can (20 ounces) unsweetened pineapple tidbits
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup reduced-sodium beef broth
1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 teaspoons minced fresh gingerroot
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2-1/2 cups uncooked instant rice
2 cups fresh broccoli florets
1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
1 medium sweet red pepper, julienned
1 can (8 ounces) sliced water chestnuts, drained
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)

Directions

Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set pineapple aside. In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, broth, soy sauce, ginger, garlic and reserved juice until blended; set aside.
Cook rice according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, stir-fry the broccoli, mushrooms, red pepper and water chestnuts in oil for 3-5 minutes or until crisp-tender; remove and set aside. In the same pan, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.
Stir cornstarch mixture and add to the skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the reserved vegetable mixture and pineapple; heat through. Serve with rice. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1-1/3 cups beef mixture with 3/4 cup rice equals 386 calories, 8 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 37 mg cholesterol, 822 mg sodium, 57 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 21 g protein.

Originally published as Sweet-and-Sour Beef with Broccoli in Simple & Delicious January/February 2007, p44

Medium-Bodied Red Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a medium-bodied red wine such as Chianti, Sangiovese, Malbec or Zinfandel.

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Reviewed on Nov. 08, 2010 by meghabs

Not very flavorful, and did not taste at all like sweet and sour. I do not recomend this recipe.

Reviewed on Mar. 20, 2010 by ssminn23

Our family loved this dish! It's easy and healthy and the kids enjoyed it. I can't ask for more than that!

Reviewed on Feb. 13, 2010 by zadok

It was bland and will not try again.

Reviewed on Jan. 28, 2010 by RD2Cook

There are so many flavorful components of this recipe, so it was a surprise to find the taste was unbelievably bland. Not bad but not worth keeping.

Reviewed on Jan. 22, 2010 by alifoxx

This is a great recipe and easy to make. I used the pineapple juice but didn't add the tidbits and it still tasted great!

Reviewed on Jan. 21, 2010 by MargeAZ

Sweet-and-sour dishes are normally made with chicken or pork. I would substitute cut-up chicken breast for the ground beef.

Reviewed on Jan. 21, 2010 by Virginia Acors

The ground beef didn't work well. Tried it again with thinly sliced beef round steak. It was much better, but still not as "sweet" as it could be. Might try again, sometime, though.

Reviewed on Nov. 23, 2009 by downundercanadian

The sweet and sour taste just didn't fit quite right with the ground beef. Not a big hit with anyone in my family.