How to Make Beef Teriyaki
This is a better-for-you version of beef teriyaki – an Asian dish that is well-known here in the United States. You can also substitute the beef in this dish for chicken breast or tofu. Or, use the teriyaki as a sauce for cooked vegetables.
6servings
1/2 cup
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Step-By-Step Instructions:
- In a saucepan, add the sake, soy sauce, lemon juice, sesame oil, agave nectar, ginger, garlic, scallions, and pepper, and cook over low heat. Simmer until heated through. Stir in the tapioca starch continuously until the sauce is slightly thickened. Remove sauce from the heat, and cool.
- Use 2 Tbsps. of the sauce to season the steak.
- Add the oil to a large nonstick skillet. When it starts to smoke, add the steak, and pan-fry over medium heat, until golden, about 5 minutes per side. Remove from heat, and serve hot, otpped with remaining teriyaki sauce.
Nutrition facts
6 Servings
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Serving Size
1/2 cup
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Amount per serving
Calories
295
- % Daily value*
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Total Fat
15g
19%-
Saturated Fat
4g
20%
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Saturated Fat
-
Cholesterol
50mg
17% -
Sodium
435mg
19% -
Total Carbohydrate
6g
2%-
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
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Dietary Fiber
-
Protein
31g
Ingredients
sake
1/4 cup
light soy sauce
1/4 cup
Juice of 1 lemon
1/4 cup
sesame oil
1 tbsp
agave nectar
1 tbsp
fresh ginger (1-inch piece thinly sliced)
1
large garlic (peeled)
3 clove
green onion (scallion) (trimmed and knotted together or lightly crushed)
2
Freshly crushed black pepper
1
Cornstarch (diluted with 2 Tbsps. water)
1 tsp
grapeseed oil
2 tbsp
flank steak ((often labeled “London broil”))
2 lbs