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Recipe: Firecracker Beef
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 10 min.
Cooking Time: 10 min.
 
Ingredients:
  • 3 Tbs. black bean garlic sauce
  • 8 small, dry, wholered chili pepper, or 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper
  • 2 Tbs. soy sauce
  • 1 Tbs. cooking rice wine, or dry sherry
  • 1 Tbs. gratedfresh ginger
  • 2 Tbs. cornstarch
  • 1 Tbs. sugar
  • 2 tsp. sesame oil
  • 1 Tbs. vegetable oil
  • 1 Lbs. thinly slicedsirloin tip, or tri-tip, cut into 2-0/1 inches pieces
  • 3 green, red and yellow bell pepper, cut into 1-0/1 inch dice
  • 1 mediumonion\raw, cut into 0-1/2 inch wedges
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
Cooking Directions:
1. Mix black bean garlic sauce, chili peppers, soy sauce, rice wine, ginger, corn starch, sugar and sesame oil together in a small bowl; set aside. 2. Heat vegetable oil in a large wok (or non stick skillet) until very hot. Add meat slices and quickly cook over high heat, turning once, until meat is cooked on both sides; about 2 minutes. 3. Add bell peppers and onion to skillet and cook, stirring, 2 minutes longer. Pour sauce mixture into wok and cook, stirring constantly, 2 more minutes or until sauce has thickened and is bubbling. Serve hot with fried rice or chow mein.

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Per Serving: calories 409, fat 22.5g, calories from fat 49%, protein 27.3g, cholesterol 74.0mg, dietary fiber 3.8g

Nutrients Exchanges
Calories 409 Milk Exchanges 0.0
Protein 27.3g Vegetable Exchanges 3.6
Carbohydrates 26.9g Fruit Exchanges 0.0
Dietary Fiber 3.8g Bread Exchanges 0.3
Sugar 13.2g Other Carbohydrates/Sugar Exchanges 0.2
Fat Total 22.5g Lean Meat Exchanges 3.4
Saturated Fat 8.1g Very Lean Meat/Protein Exchanges 0.0
Mono-unsaturated Fat 9.6g Fat Exchanges 2.4
Poly-unsaturated Fat 4.8g
% Calories from Fat 49%    
Cholesterol 74.0mg
Sodium 876.6mg
Vitamins Minerals
Vitamin A 1000.0IU Calcium 44.8mg
Thiamin (B1) 2.0mg Copper 1.8mg
Riboflavin (B2) 1.7mg Iron 4.4mg
Niacin (B3) 6.0mg Magnesium 67.9mg
Vitamin B6 1.1mg Manganese 0.7mg
Vitamin B12 3.5mcg Phosphorus 323.7mg
Vitamin C 336.1mg Potassium 1000.0mg
Vitamin E 4.7IU Selenium 10.5mcg
Folate 60.9mcg Sodium 876.6mg
Pantothenic Acid 1.8mg Zinc 5.5mg