March 22, 2007

• It’s been a while since I posted any new cooking endeavors, so I guess that now is a good time.  Today’s Recipe is Spicy Orange Beef & Broccoli.  It’s a very quick recipe, and the preparation seems to take longer than the actual cooking.  Anyway we should quickly go to the pictures.

  The main pieces of this dish are steak (cut into .5″x.5″x2″ pieces), broccoli, and minced ginger and garlic.
  The Steak goes in and cooks for 2 minutes, then the broccoli and ginger are added and cooked for two minutes.  Finally the garlic and a sauce, which consists of OJ, soy sauce, red pepper flakes, and cornstarch is added.  Cook that for two minutes, cover and let simmer on low heat for two minutes and you are done.
   

  
  Tigger waits by the door while I cook.  He almost completely knows better than to enter the kitchen.

   
  Like I said, it’s very quick, so it was beef, then broccoli, and with each, you have to keep stirring, so I had to be quick with the camera.

  
  Tigger still standing by.

   
  It’s about done here.

  
  Tigger has streeeeetched himself into the kitchen.  If I don’t look at him, he will slowly do this. moving deeper and deeper into the kitchen.  However, as soon as I turn in his direction, he runs back to his proper place.

  
  Finished Product.

  Before I go, I would like to promote two things.  First is the new Xanga Uploader, which is a tool that you install on your computer and use to upload photos to your Xanga Photo Album.  It is extremely convenient, and made writing this blog and uploading the photos take about the same amount of time it took to cook my rice.

  Second, I have a relatively new toy that I picked up from Think Geek.  It is a Chef’s Quad Timer, which allows you to set different times for up to 4 burners on a stove.  It can also display the time and has a couple of other useful features.
  

  Black 6, out.
  

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