May 12, 2010

Braised Sirloin Tips

"For-a-Crowd" Recipes, beef, main dish, stovetop

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414 ratings

Prep time: 18 minutes
cooking time 1 hour 4 minutes
Servings: 8
Partner: Orange-Glazed Carrots

These sirloin tips are so easy to prepare that Grandma said they practically cooked themselves.

Ingredients

1 (2-pound) beef sirloin tip, cut into 1-inch cubes
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 (10 1/2-ounce) can beef broth
1/3 cup red burgundy wine or cranberry juice cocktail
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons cornstarch
4 cups hot cooked rice

Directions

1

Brown the beef tips on all sides in vegetable oil in a large heavy skillet.
2

Add broth, wine, soy sauce, garlic and onion powder and mix well.
3

Bring beef mixture to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer, covered, until the beef is tender, about 1 hour.
4

Combine water and cornstarch in a small bowl and mix well.
5

Add the cornstarch mixture gradually to the beef mixture, stirring continually.
6

Cook, stirring continually, until gravy thickens and boils for 1 minute. Serve over rice.

Grandma's Secret Trick

For a delicious creamy sauce for these sirloin tips, Grandma added sour cream to the mixture. After the gravy had thickened, she removed the skillet from the heat and stirred in about 1 cup of sour cream. Sometimes she added 1/2 teaspoon sweet or hot paprika to the beef before she browned it. With the sour cream and paprika, she ended up with something like Hungarian paprikash.