Broccoli Beef Stir-Fry with Apples

Cut the beef into ½ inch strips and put it into a bowl. Pour some stir-fry sauce over the meat; just enough to cover it. Put it into the refrigerator and marinate it in the stir-fry sauce for 2 hours.

Next, get the rice going. In a small saucepan bring 2 cups of water to a boil, then add rice and olive oil. Turn heat down and simmer for 20 minutes or until there is no more liquid left. Then remove the pan from the heat and set aside.

Add garlic, onion, and grapeseed oil into a large pan over medium heat. Saute for 4-5 minutes, or until onion becomes translucent (don’t cook them so long that you burn the garlic.) Remove the meat from the marinade and brown in the same pan with the onion and garlic. Cook 7-8 minutes or until meat is browned. Set meat mixture aside in a bowl.

Add the remaining veggies (broccoli, peppers and carrots) into the same pan that the garlic, onion and beef was cooked in; and enough stir-fry sauce to nicely coat the veggies. If needed, add a couple of tablespoons of water. Cook until veggies are soft. Then drain any remaining liquid. Add beef mixture and apples into the wok with the veggie mixture. Drizzle more stir-fry sauce over the mixture, if desired. Mix to combine and heat through, until apples are your desired level of crisp.

Put rice in bowls and top with stir-fry mixture. Serve with chopsticks.