Chili Peppered Steak

I was supposed to make this recipe last night, but the meat didn't dethaw in time, so we gave up and ate McDonald's. Yeah, healthy, I know. So, today started day 1 of eating healthy and Tom's family weight loss challenge. They are all weighing themselves in weekly and exercising for the next 10 weeks. Whoever loses the most amount of weight wins the money that they put in at the beginning of the challenge.

I didn't join the challenge mostly because of money reasons, but I figured I would just end up disappointed if I didn't win and that would un-motivate me to keep exercising.

So, onto the recipe.

Chili Peppered Steak
Source: Adapted from The Abs Diet book

Ingredients:
1 tbs. olive oil
2 carrots, sliced
1 cup chopped broccoli
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
1 green chile pepper, seeded and diced (the real recipe calls for a cayenne pepper, but the grocery store only had jalapenos, habaneros and chiles.)
1 lb. flank steak, cut into strips (real recipe calls for sirloin)
1/3 cup schezuan stir fry sauce (Hunan works too)
1 bag boil-in-a-bag brown rice

Directions
1. Heat the oil in skillet over medium high heat. Add in broccoli and carrots and cook until tender, about 5-8 minutes. Prepare boil-in-a-bag rice according to directions. Add the peppers and steak to vegetables and then pour in schezuan sauce. Stir occasionally until meat is cooked through. Serve over rice.

This recipe tastes like Chinese food, but its way healthier because it doesn't include any MSG. Honestly, the recipe reminds me of Hunan or Schezuan beef. The original recipe calls for 2 jalapenos and two cayenne peppers, but I definitely don't recommend it unless you're really stuffy and have a tongue of steel. This was just spicy enough to have some kick to it but not be overpowering. So, simple, quick and healthy! Not bad at all!