Hawaii-Style Beef Tomato is going to be a sleeper hit in your household. Our family eats tomatoes regularly, often in some form of marinara sauce or in a salad. Growing up my family used the Noh seasoning packet to cook this dish. But I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to make this from scratch as I was developing this recipe.
What makes this Beef Tomato recipe great
There are tons of vegetables in this one-pot meal. You could eat this on its own if you are eating a paleo or low carb diet. But the traditional way to eat this is with steamed rice to soak up the sauce. You could also swap the rice for quinoa if you need to have something to mimic the starch.
Thinly slicing the beef helps to stretch out the meat so it feels like there is a lot of beef in each bite. If you are on a strict budget and beef is too expensive, you could easily use just ½ a pound of beef or swap the beef for pork.
Tomato Health Benefits
Tomatoes are full of lycopene, an antioxidant that not only helps you fight illness. It might help you lower your risk of certain cancers like lung, stomach and prostate cancer.
Your heart will also thank you for eating more tomatoes, particularly this dish. Lycopene can help control your blood pressure readings. Tomatoes can help ease inflammation, and beef is high in iron which is also important to blood health.
Don’t forget these other Hawaii dishes for your next meal planning session.
Hawaii-Style Beef Tomato
Equipment
- 1 large cutting board
- 1 chef's knife
- 1 medium bowl
- measuring cups and spoons
- 1 4-quart stainless steel pan or larger
- 1 small bowl
Ingredients
- 1 pound beef bottom round steak
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 5 tbsp soy sauce divided
- 1 large onion chopped into large pieces
- 1 large green bell pepper chopped into large pieces
- 3 large tomatoes cut into wedges
- 2 tbsp canola oil or neutral tasting oil
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp water
Instructions
- Thinly slice beef against the grain into strips, about ¼” thick. Place beef in a medium bowl.
- Add baking soda and 1 tablespoon of soy sauce to the beef and stir well to coat. Marinate for at least 15 minutes.
- While the beef is marinating, cut the vegetables. Place in a bowl and set aside.
- Heat a 5-quart stainless steel sauté pan on medium high heat. Add oil and beef and cook for 1 minute without stirring until the beef. Stir the beef, then cook for1 more minute until the beef is almost cooked through.
- Add the onion and bell pepper and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the tomatoes, the remaining 4 tablespoons (¼ cup) soy sauce, and rice wine vinegar and cook for 1 to 5 minutes until the vegetables are softened to your liking.
- In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch and water together. Add to the sauté pan and stir constantly until the sauce thickens. Once it starts to thicken, turn the heat off.
- Serve immediately over steamed rice.
