Beef with Zola’s Asian Orange Sauce

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z2 (ZReduction) recipe. We had a big party the other day. I wanted to serve several items that are approved on Plan Z. This beef recipe can even be eaten on the ZReduction portion of the diet. My goal is tasty diet food. This one fits the bill and is a perfect summer party menu item. Cold.

NOTE: If you’re in the ZReduction phase of Plan Z, you’re going to limit your portion to 4 oz of the beef.

Servings: See recipe notes below.

Ingredients:

For the beef:

  • You could roast a tenderloin and slice it for this dish or if you are like me (busy and wanting to make this dish easy), you will go to your deli. Look for the large roast beef portion and ask the deli person to shave the beef for you. 4 pounds of shaved (very lean) beef will make a large platter. If it’s on the buffet I’d say it will serve at least 12 – 16 with a regular serving; assuming they will also be eating other things. Just usually plan on ¼ pound per person, or 4 oz of beef if you’re in the Z2 (ZReduction) phase of Plan Z.
  • Arrange the shaved beef in the center of a large platter. Leave a rim around the sides to spread the sauce. That way people can take out their beef and spoon as much sauce on as they like. If your guests are like mine they will be timid with the sauce at first and then will want to know where to get more. (If on the diet stick to 2 Tbl of sauce)

For the sauce:

  • 4 tsp of grated orange rind. You can do this with fresh oranges or you could use dried orange peel that’s been grated (in a jar in the spice section of your store)
  • ½ cup of fresh orange juice
  • ½ cup of Bragg’s aminos
  • 5 Tbl of balsamic vinegar
  • 6 tsp of Truvia (stevia) sweetener
  • 1 cup of chopped green onions
  • 1 cup of chopped fresh cilantro
  • 3 Tbl of drained and rinsed capers
  • 2 cloves of minced garlic (jar garlic will work)
  • 2 tsp of sesame seeds
  • ½ tsp of sea salt, grated

Instructions:

Put the orange rind, orange juice, Braggs, vinegar and stevia in a small sauce pan. Heat to a slow boil and reduce by half. 6 -10 minutes. This will thicken the sauce and intensify the flavors. Set it aside to cool.

When cool, put the rest of the ingredients in a blender or food processor. Add the liquid and pulse to combine. You are whizzing it to get it mixed and cut up the big chunks but don’t need to whiz it into a liquid. It should be somewhat lumpy.

Spread the sauce around the beef and serve.

Enjoy!

Cheers,