Beef With Oranges

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 oranges
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce (preferably low-sodium)
• 1 1/2 lbs boneless sirloin steaks
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 6 green onions

Recipe

• 1 once all the ingredients are prepped and assembled, this goes very quickly, so if you're serving rice and a green vegetable on the side (as i did, i used broccoli), make sure you have all that under control before you start this.
• 2 first, zest one of the oranges into a small bowl, then squeeze its juice into the same bowl; add the garlic and soy into the bowl, lightly stir, then set aside.
• 3 a little minced fresh ginger added to the garlic mixture would be excellent, too, as would some garlic-chili sauce or a little tabasco or cayenne pepper.
• 4 now take the two remaining oranges and with a sharp paring knife, peel the oranges then slice crosswise into 1/2 inch slices, then halve the slices.
• 5 pick out and discard any seeds from the orange slices, then set the oranges aside.
• 6 this is not a recipe in which to use a lesser cut of meat, go for the sirloin or perhaps rib eye; i used new york striploin steak since my grocery store had them on sale.
• 7 slice steak, against the grain, into 1/2-inch-thick slices, then toss with the cornstarch.
• 8 slice the green onions into 1-inch lengths (the original recipe called for the green parts only, but i used the whole thing, with the parts cut thinly) and set aside.
• 9 now you're ready to cook; heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet or wok, over high heat.
• 10 working in batches (add more oil if needed), brown beef; it takes about 3 to 5 minutes per batch.
• 11 transfer browned beef to a plate.
• 12 pour the juice mixture into the skillet and keeping the heat at high, let it boil for about one minute, or until it's syrupy.
• 13 return beef to skillet along with the orange slices and the green onions.
• 14 toss until everything is coated with the sauce and the oranges have heated through (about a minute or so); serve hot.