Ginger Beef Stir-Fry

Ingredients:

• 8 oz. beef top round steak
• 0.5 cup reduced-sodium beef broth
• 3 tbsp reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 1 tbsp corn starch
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
• nonstick cooking spray
• 1.25 lbs. asparagus spears, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1.5 cups sliced mushrooms
• 4 green onions, sliced diagonally into 2-inch pieces
• 1 tbsp cooking oil
• 2 cups rice

Directions:

1. Start the rice cooking
2. Thinly slice beef across the grain into strips. Set aside.
3. For sauce, in a small bowl stir together beef broth, soy sauce, corn starch, sugar, and ginger. Set aside.
4. Coat an unheated wok with cooking spray, then preheat the wok in medium-high heat. Add asparagus, mushrooms, and green onions. Stir-fry for 4 minutes, then remove from wok.
5. Add oil to wok. Add beef to wok and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Stir sauce and pour into wok. Cook and stir until thickened.
6. Return veggies to the wok and stir-fry to coat. Serve with rice.

recipe adapted from New Dieter’s Cookbook: Eat Well, Feel Great, Lose Weight