5 Spice Beef Rice Recipes

Steps:

• Boil water for rice and prepare to package directions.
• Place beef broth in a small pot over low heat to warm the liquid.
• Heat a wok shaped skillet or pan over high heat. Add oil (it will smoke) and meat bits. Stir-fry meat 3 minutes and remove from pan or move off to the side of the wok. Return pan to heat and add peppers and onions. Stir-fry veggies 2 minutes. Add meat back to the pan. Add sherry and stir fry until liquid almost evaporates about 1 minute. Add soy sauce to the pan. Dissolve cornstarch with a ladle of warm beef broth. Add beef broth to the pan, then add cornstarch combined with broth, the five-spice powder and black pepper. Stir sauce until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Adjust seasonings. Add more soy or salt if necessary. Remove stir-fry from heat. Fill dinner bowls with beef stir-fry and top with a scoop of rice. Scoop rice with ice cream scoop to get a rounded ball. By placing rice on top of stir-fry, rice will stay firm and not soak up too much sauce. Garnish with chopped scallions and smoked almonds.

Steps:

• Brown meat in oil, add onions and cook until tender.
• Stir in seasonings, soup, tomatoes, and Minute rice.
• Simmer 5 minutes.
• Stir occasionally.
• Spoon into 1 1/2 quart baking dish. (But I only use a cast iron skillet, since it is both oven and stove top friendly. Plus, my Grandmother always made it in a cast iron skillet, and I did learn from her. She was the best cook for comfort foods.).
• Criss cross with cheese and broil until cheese melts.
• Garnish with olives if desired.
• Instead of olives, we sometimes use jalepenos.
• Also, this recipe works well when you cook it in a cast iron skillet- you only dirty one dish that way!

Steps:

• Heat oil in pan and add onion, carrot, and garlic; sauté until tender.
• Add broth, Chinese five-spice, salt and pepper, bring to a boil.
• Stir in rice and return to boil.
• Cover; reduce heat and cook 20 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown ground chuck with diced onion; drain grease. Add rice, tomatoes, soup, and spices. Add one soup can of milk if desired. Simmer about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until rice is done.
• Spoon about 1/2 of the mixture into a 9x13 microwave safe casserole dish. Cover completely with cheese slices. Spoon in rest of mixture, cover completely with cheese slices.
• Microwave about 5 minutes until cheese is melted. Serve.