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Zesty Orange Beef Recipe

I put this recipe together in the morning before I leave for work. In the evening, the aroma hits me as soon as I open the door. All I have to do is quickly cook some rice, and dinner is served!

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Diabetic Friendly

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Zesty Orange Beef Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Cook: 5 hours

Yield: 5 Servings

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Ingredients

1 beef top sirloin steak (1-1/2 pounds), cut into 1/4-inch strips
2-1/2 cups sliced fresh shiitake mushrooms
1 medium onion, cut into wedges
3 dried hot chilies
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon minced fresh gingerroot
1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1-3/4 cups fresh snow peas
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
Hot cooked rice

Directions

Place beef in a 4-qt. slow cooker. Add the mushrooms, onion, and chilies. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, orange juice, soy sauce, vinegar, cornstarch, ginger, oil and garlic. Pour over meat.
Cover and cook on high for 5-6 hours or until meat is tender, adding snow peas during the last 30 minutes of cooking. Stir in orange peel. Serve with rice. Yield: 5 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup (calculated without rice) equals 310 calories, 8 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 55 mg cholesterol, 554 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 33 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 1-1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Zesty Orange Beef in Taste of Home Everyday Slow Cooker & One Dish Recipes Annual 2012, p16