sesame beef teryaki stir fry with broccoli

you could say i lived (live?) between the means of a 'starving artist' and a 'college student' so none of the dishes i make are very pricey. however that doesn't mean i will stint and purchase questionable food product. i refuse to purchase any meat that is hormone enhanced. i prefer farm raised, and locally grown foods. not only am i guaranteed purity and genuine flavor, but also am supporting my community. hooray teamwork!

this meal was really inexpensive, i recall. for two people, maybe $20? the sesame teryaki sauce might have been the most expensive item, at $4.99 (i can't recall the brand). the beef was a small package of locally farmed, precut "stir fry steak" and the vegetables were a prepackaged "stir fry" set from the frozen food section. a small bag of rice is more than enough, at $2 you can't go wrong. 

 *i went with white rice because the stickiness and  bland flavor compliment the bitterness of the salty teryaki sauce.

*sesame teryaki sauce was my choice for texture. ginger teryaki and red pepper teryaki sauce are excellent suggestions!
*add a touch of apple cider vinegar to mellow the teryaki. i've also heard of adding brown sugar but havent' personally tried it.

my chosen ingredients: 'stir fry' cut beef, package of 'stir fry' vegetables (a steamed bag), white rice, sesame teryaki sauce, country crock spread for the rice and initial cooking of the beef.

the first thing i did was brown the beef for a minute, no more, in some butter. im not sure why, i figured it would add some flavor? correct me on this if you want. then i added the teryaki sauce, and stir fried that some while the bag of steamed 'stir fry' veggies microwaved. after they did, i poured them from the bag into the pan with the beef, and mixed it all up on a high flame. when it acquired the consistency i desired, it was finished :)

enjoy!!