Beef

Daring Cooks May 2012 – Boeuf Bourguignon

May 14, 2012
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This month’s daring cooks challenge was to make Julia Child’s boeuf bourguignon. I hadn’t even heard of Julia Child before the Julie and Julia movie came out, but since then I’ve browsed through her numerous cookbooks and even read her memoir My Life in France, practically drooling over the meal descriptions.  Seeing as how this is one [...]

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Daring Cooks November 2011 – Beef Braised in Tea with Sweet Potatoes

November 14, 2011
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Another interesting daring cooks challenge. This month’s mandatory component – cooking with tea. The original recipe for the braised beef required roobios tea but seeing as how I didn’t have the motivation to search all over town for it – I chose a tazo black tea instead. The recipe came out well even though if [...]

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Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry

June 18, 2011
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The other day I was craving stir fry, which I actually haven’t made in a while. So I looked online and found 2 recipes that I was going to morph together. I wrote both recipes down on a piece of paper, planning to use that as my guide as I cooked. Well when I got [...]

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Goulash

April 26, 2011
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I know that it’s getting warmer (especially in DC) and generally stew types meals are more appropriate in the winter, but I just recently got a hold of some Hungarian paprika (thank you Whole Foods) and so was finally able to make goulash. Which I’ve been dreaming about ever since I studied abroad. My friends and I [...]

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Flank Steak Stir Fry with Scallions and Ginger

April 1, 2011
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Lately I’ve been in the mood for stir fry. And by in the mood I mean I’ve already made it 3 times this week. All new recipes too. This one I made last night and was really pleased with. Some stir fry dishes are loaded with lots of vegetables (and therefore yield more colorful photos) [...]

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Flank Steak Rolls

January 31, 2011
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This is the last recipe I’m going to post from my mom’s birthday. I promise! Remember how I said that there’s something intriguing about cucumber slices wrapped round various fillings?  Well maybe it’s not just about the cucumbers.  Maybe I’m just intrigued by any dish where one ingredient is used to roll up a bunch [...]

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Top Round Steak Stir Fry

December 6, 2010
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Another stir fry recipe! This one uses top round steak instead of flank steak though. This cut of meat is not as tender as flank steak which is why marinating it overnight is really crucial. You can really use any vegetables you like in stir fry – I used onions and (frozen) haricot verts (fancy [...]

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Mongolian Beef

November 30, 2010
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I only recently started cooking with flank steak and I love it. It has become my favorite cut of meat. Mainly because it is so tender and cooks so fast. Thinly sliced flank steak cooks in 5 minutes and just melts in your mouth (or my mouth, at least).  When I first read through recipes [...]

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Beef Stew

November 30, 2010
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I don’t know about you but I absolutely love love love beef stew.  Everything about it.  The smell of it while it’s cooking, the tender meat which you can pull apart with your fingertips just melting in your mouth, the soupy sauce that’s leftover for you to dip your bread in. Just everything. I even [...]

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