Steak Stir Fry

Chop all your veggies first and set them aside.

Slice up your meat thinly, season with some salt, and set aside to bring to room temperature.

Pull out a pot for your rice and at the same time pull out two pans, one for your veggies and one for your meat.

For the rice:
Fill a pot with water, place on high heat and bring to a boil. Once the water is at a boil you want to toss some salt in the water, then the rice. Cover the pot with a tight lid and simmer on low for 8 to 12 minutes.

For the veggies:
Spray a pan with non stick spray, then drizzle with olive oil. Bring pan to a medium-high heat first before adding anything. Add your carrots. Stir them around for a minute. Add your cauliflower and stir around for about 2 to 3 minutes. Add your garlic and stir around for a minute. Add about 2 to 3 tablespoons of water, make sure heat is relatively high, but not scorching, now cover the pan for a few minutes. Good things will start to happen. Keep a close eye on it and stir if needed.

Repeat the step of adding water again if veggies are not soft. They should be but if your pieces are bigger than mine you might want to do this a second time for about 2 to 3 minutes longer. It just steams the veggies a bit and softens them up.
Once finished remove from heat.

For the meat:
Spray the other pan with non stick spray, then drizzle with olive oil. Bring pan to a medium-high heat first before adding anything. Add your meat. It will sizzle so be careful. Stir it around for a minute. Keep stirring around your beef. It should be starting to brown nicely. Add the ponzu sauce and stir for a minute. Your meat should now be done or almost done. You want it brown but still soft. You can add more olive oil at any point if you find it drying. If it’s done turn off heat and remove from burner.

Putting it all together:
Your rice, steak and veggies should have all finished up relatively around the same time. Now you can either just pop it all into one large bowl and mix it up and serve from there. Or you can do individual bowls and layer it. This is how I like to do it. If you do this, add a scoop of rice into your bowl. Pop some veggies over top. Pop some meat over top of that. You can add a teaspoon or so of more ponzu if you like. I usually do.

Serve with a big old healthy smile!

Notes:
It may seem complicated with 2 pans going but I like to cook my veggies separately. You could also just steam them if you have a steamer.
This dish is all about timing so plan your time well.