Monday, November 28, 2011
Beef Stir Fry with Parpadelle Noodles
I am a super huge fan of Thanksgiving leftovers but here is my thing. I like them exactly as they are on Thanksgiving. No fancy, new recipe for making the leftovers into some creative dish. I want the turkey, cranberry relish, sweet potato casserole, and stuffing the same way as I had the original. And that is exactly what I did this year. In fact I did it two times over. It was wonderful. I had my full. Now it is is time to move on.
And move on we did. Mr. J style. My little mini break from work is completely over and I have three weeks of non-stop meeting and trips across the East coast. To help makes this a bit easier Mr. J is taking on dinner (and cleaning even though I have yet to inform him) duties.
The first meal up was a winner. I think I can get some of the credit because the star of this show was the noodles I picked up from TJ's. I think they may be my new favorite thing. The parpadelle noodles are thick and yummy all around. Perfect for soaking up the stir-fry sauce. See this is clearly something I deserve credit
for.
As for the chopping and the meal itself. Well, that goes to Mr. J.
Beef Stir Fry with Parpadelle Noodles
Ingredients:
3/4 LB beef sirloin, thinly sliced
1 red pepper
1/2 C snow peas
3/4 C broccoli
1 fresh anthem pepper
Sauce:
1 1/2 Tbsp brown sugar
1/2 C beef broth
2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp crushed red peppers
3 dried whole red peppers, chopped roughly
1 1/2 Tbsp corn starch
3 Tbsp soy sauce
Directions:
Cook past according to packaged directions.
Put all of the sauce ingredients into a container that can be sealed completely and shake well.
Cook beef in wok. Add veggies when beef is about half cooked, about 5 minutes. Add veggies and cook for about 5 more minutes. Shake sauce so all the ingredients are incorporated together and pour into wok. Simmer for about 3 minutes as sauce thickens. Stir to mix all of the veggies and beef into the sauce.
Place beef, veggies,and sauce on top of noodles. Gently toss. Serve immediately.
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Looks great! Parpadelle are definitely myf avorite pasta shape!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of soaking up all the flavours with the parpadelle. What a great apres-Thanksgiving meal :)
ReplyDeleteI do love a good stirfry and I hear ya about moving on. If I see one more piece of turkey...
ReplyDeleteThis looks so good. I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious! I like leftovers one time, but after that--no thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the Thanksgiving thing. I can eat leftovers once the next day, but then I am totally over it. This stir fry looks so yummy and I like that you served it with those big noodles!
ReplyDeleteYum - I love stir frys! Mr J did a great job, and those noodles are definitely a genius addition on your part =)
ReplyDeleteParpadelle is one of my favorite pastas and I just love the idea of using it in an Asian dish!
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