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Low Fat Beef Recipes

By: Patrick Carpen Home | Food-and-Drink


These two sample low fat beef dishes are not only good for you, they taste great! Whether you're watching your fat intake or just looking for a healthy delicious beef dish to serve, the family will love these recipes and so will you—due to the fact that they are so quick and easy to prepare.

Salsa Flavored Beef Steak

Ingredients

1 + 1/4 lb boneless beef chunk bottom steak blades (cut into 1 inch strips)
1/3 cup salsa (mild, medium, hot) your choice
1 garlic clove minced
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

Preparation

1. To make the marinade place the salsa, garlic, lime juice, dried oregano leaves and ground cumin in a large size bowl with a lid.
2. Place the steak stripes in the mixture. Put the lid on the container and shake vigorously. Refrigerate overnight.
3. Pre heat the oven to 375 degrees.
4. Pour the steak and marinade into a 9X13 baking pan.
5. Bake for 35-40 minutes.

Serve with roasted potatoes or rice and a fresh green vegetable. Serves 4

Marinated Flank Steak

Ingredients

1 pound trimmed flank steak
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 garlic cloves (minced)
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
2 tablespoon sodium reduced soy sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

1. In a large bowl with a lid, mix the lemon juice, olive oil, ginger, honey, soy sauce and garlic.
2. Add the flank steak and refrigerate overnight.
3. Preheat broiler and spray broiler rack with non stick spray.
4. Remove the flank steak from the marinating bowl and place on the broiler rack.
5. Broil the prepared flank steak for 10 minutes then flip it to the other side and broil for another 10 minutes. Serves 4

Serve with baked potatoes and mixed vegetables for a healthy delicious dinner.


Tender Eye of the Round Roast

Ingredients

2 pounds round roast
1 cup of beef broth
1 cup of water
3 tablespoons onion powder
3 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons crushed red peppers
1/4 cup of A-1 steak sauce

Preparation

1. Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a 9X13 deep baking dish, pour in the beef broth and water in the baking dish.
3. Sprinkle the onion powder, garlic powder and crushed red peppers over the top of the roast.
4. Using a rubber spatula spread the A-1 sauce over the top of the roast.
5. Bake for 2 hours. Serves 4 -6

Serve with mashed potatoes and carrots.

The salsa flavored beef steak and the marinated flank steak can also be grilled on the BBQ grill. The tender eye of the round roast can be also be cooked in the crock pot on medium heat for 8 hours.

To spice up the dishes you can add pineapple rings or apple slices. Just place them on top of the meat to cook. The fruits will add a nice touch of sweetness to the dishes.

A fresh green salad and homemade rolls will add a nice finishing touch to all three of these meals.




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