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August News
There is one major problem with summer --- it’s just too hot to cook!
I don’t know about you, but every day about 3:30 when I need to start
thinking about what’s for dinner, my eyes glaze over and doing paperwork
on the computer starts to take on a certain appeal.
Now this is a terrible confession from someone that has access to
great beef, plenty of natural ingredients (made available from all
my co-producers at the Bastrop 1832 Farmers Market) and a flexible
schedule. We don’t eat out and short of making Cleve do all the cooking,
I had to come up with something. So to beat the heat, and my own laziness,
I’ve come up with some quick (and cheap) recipes that I thought I
would share with everyone else who hates a hot kitchen!
Here’s the first one.
Light and Fast Stir Fry
Feeds four (under $10.00)
The nice thing about this recipe is that cooking it will give you
a great nutritional meal that fills everyone up.
½ lb. Bastrop Cattle Co. Round Steak Cutlets (1 lb. is $7.00 – but
that’s enough for two meals!)
2 large tomatoes
4 banana peppers
1 red pepper
1 clove of garlic
1 cup rice for steaming
1 small onion
3 chives
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1 tablespoon olive oil
¼ cup sesame oil
1 teaspoon Chinese five spice
Prepare everything before you start as this will go quickly and you
won’t have time to chop while you cook. Start the rice. I use the
traditional stuff that usually takes ten minutes to prepare and cook.
Slice the cutlets into strips. Dice the tomatoes. Chop up peppers,
onion and chives. Mince and slightly crush the garlic.
It will take that long to prepare the stir fry. Heat the olive oil
in a heavy skillet. Drop in the garlic and onions. Stir. As the garlic
starts to cook, reduce your heat and drop in the peppers and chives.
Stir for approximately five minutes and then add the diced tomatoes.
Add your sesame seeds. Many recipes will tell you to brown the meat
separately and then add it to the other ingredients. I tend to add
the meat directly to the other ingredients and brown it at the same
time. This way seems to impart more flavor to both the meat and the
other ingredients. So, add meat. As it browns add in the sesame seed
oil and the Chinese five spice. Keep everything stirring. The meat
will brown quickly and will also make additional juice for flavor.
When it is brown, serve immediately on moulds of hot rice.
The whole process takes less than 30 minutes and easily feeds four.
In the coming months, I’ll try to share some more quick and easy (and
inexpensive) recipes both through the monthly mail out and through
the website.
Also, check the website out weekly for specials, new recipes and of
course, online ordering!
Thanks so much!
Pati
Bastrop Cattle Co. |
