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One of my favorite Asian style meals.  This is an easy recipe and is fantastic served over rice.  As an alternative to serving your vegetables on the side try adding carrots or peas while cooking.  The options of veggies are endless.  How about water chestnuts? Celery?  This would probably be good with chicken as well. Share your successes in the comments.   2 pounds flank steak, cut into 1/4″ strips 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 4 cloves garlic, minced or pressed 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup water 2/3 cup dark brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger 2 tablespoon cornstarch 3 tablespoons water 3 green onions, sliced into 1-inch pieces. Season beef with salt and pepper. Put oil in the cooking pot and select browning. When oil begins to sizzle, brown meat in batches until all meat is browned – do not crowd. Transfer meat to a plate when browned.  Add the garlic and sauté 1 minute. Add soy sauce, 1/2 cup water, brown sugar, and ginger. Stir to...

Here's a spin on the Moscow mule. 1/2 oz. lime juice 2 oz. vodka 6 oz. ginger beer Mix and enjoy.

Easy and tasty main meal using ground meat.  You could use any combination of ground beef, turkey, pork or chicken.  I prefer a more saucy alternative so I doubled the recipe for the sauce.  I have it listed below as I preferred it.  Serve over a bed or white or brown rice.  To incorporate vegetables, try adding some broccoli, carrots, pea pods or water chestnuts.  If you add the vegetables, you'll probably want more sauce.  I cooked mine in the cast iron skillet.  Before serving, let it sit for about 15 minutes in the pan with the heat turned off.  This helped thicken the sauce a bit.  1 pound lean ground beef (or other ground meat) 6 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup soy sauce 4 teaspoons sesame oil 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1/2 teaspoon pepper 6 green onions, thinly sliced In a large skillet, cook ground meat and garlic over medium heat 6-8 minutes or meat is m...