This tomato and butter sauce is kid-friendly. Serve it with the pasta of your choice. Once you’ve made it a few times, you may adjust the tomato sauce and butter proportions to your preference.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 28 mins |
| Additional Time: | 3 hrs |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs 43 mins |
| Servings: | 2 |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks – drained with juice reserved
- 2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla-flavored vodka
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon white sugar
- 1 (1 1/2-pound) beef sirloin steak, cut into 1/4-inch strips
- 1 ½ cups water
- ½ cup long grain white rice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Stir together 1/3 cup reserved pineapple juice, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, olive oil, vanilla vodka, ginger, brown sugar, and white sugar in a mixing bowl until blended. Adjust the sugar to taste.
- Place the steak strips in a large, resealable plastic bag. Pour in the pineapple juice mixture and seal the bag. Turn the bag gently to evenly coat steak with the marinade. Refrigerate 3 to 4 hours.
- Bring water to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Remove steak strips from marinade and place in the skillet. Cook and stir the steak strips until browned and no longer pink, about 2 minutes per side. Remove from the heat, cover and keep warm.
- Place the pineapple chunks in a separate skillet. Cook over medium heat until slightly soft and heated through, about 4 minutes. To serve, divide the rice between two bowls, top with steak strips and pineapple chunks, and toss briefly.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 1140 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 59 g |
| Cholesterol | 228 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 70 g |
| Saturated Fat | 23 g |
| Sodium | 1092 mg |
| Sugars | 19 g |
| Fat | 68 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I love the combo of steak and pineapple but this needs a little more tweeking. I would use more ginger and add garlic next time.
Has potential, but very bland as is.
This meal is quite zesty i must say! Easy to make & great with fried rice. I have done this 3 times already & will do many more. Thank you