Szechuan Beef And Vegetables

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups uncooked instant rice
• 2 cups water
• 3/4 lb extra lean ground beef
• 4 ounces fresh snow pea pods, trimmed
• 1 (1 lb) package frozen broccoli carrots cauliflower mix
• 1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
• 1/2 cup purchased szechuan stir-fry sauce
• 3 tablespoons dry roasted peanuts

Recipe

• 1 cook rice in water as directed on package.
• 2 meanwhile, in 12-inch nonstick skillet, brown ground beef until thoroughly cooked. remove beef from skillet; drain.
• 3 in same skillet, combine pea pods, frozen vegetables, water chestnuts and stir-fry sauce; mix well. cover and cook on medium 7 to 10 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally.
• 4 return beef to skillet; mix well. cook 2 to 4 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally.
• 5 serve over rice; sprinkle with peanuts.