Beef Strips in Red Wine
August 29th, 2007 by
Chef Mom
Even though this recipe comes from a cookbook called “Quick and Easy Cooking” the quick part is misleading. This dish takes 50 minutes to prepare and cook but it is worth it. Everyone loved the beef. I’ve made similar dishes before but the sauce in this dish is delicious.
The recipe calls for Port, a type of sweet red wine that I don’t keep on hand. Whenever a recipe calls for a type of liquor you don’t normally drink, you can stop at the liquor store and pick up a miniature bottle. That way you don’t waste an entire bottle of liquor. Another option is to just substitute any kind of sweet red wine that you do have on hand. This recipe already calls for a red wine, so the Port is intended to provide a slightly different flavor. I didn’t want to open 2 different bottles of wine just to get 1 tablespoon, so another substitution is concord grape juice (with a dash of lime juice) or cranberry juice (with a dash of lemon juice). I used the cranberry juice substitution for the port in this recipe.
This dish goes very well with boiled & buttered potatoes and a green vegetable like broccoli.
Beef Strips in Red Wine
Creative Cuisine Quick & Easy Cooking
3 T Butter
1 T Vegetable Oil
4 oz Mushrooms, sliced
1 medium Onion, chopped
2 T All-Purpose Flour
Salt
Pepper
1/2 tsp Italian Seasoning
1 1/2 lb Beef Round Steak, cut into thin strips
1 clove Garlic, crushed
1 T Port
1/2 cup Beef Stock
1/2 cup Red Wine
Heat butter and oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms; saute 2 miutes. Remove cooked mushrooms with a slotted spoon; set aside. Add onion to skillet; saute 4 minutes, stiring once or twice. Remove cooked onion with a slotted spoon; set aside.
In a plastic bag, combine flour, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Add beef, shake to coat. Shake excess flour from beef; add to fat remaining in skillet. Saute 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Stir in cooked mushrooms, cooked onions, garlic, port, stock and wine; bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to low. Cover pan; simmer 25 minutes.
Makes 4 servings