Cowboy Flank Steak with Sweet and Smoky Beans Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Cowboy Flank Steak with Sweet and Smoky Beans Recipe | MyRecipes
Servings: 4
Lunch

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Recipe by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough We love the flavor combo of Cowboy Flank Steak with Sweet and Smoky Beans for dinner. Molasses adds a caramel sweetness to the beans.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 cup chopped yellow onion
  • 1 cup chopped red bell pepper
  • 3/4 cup lower-sodium tomato puree
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon molasses
  • 1/2 teaspoon chipotle chile powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 (16-ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 (4.5-ounce) can chopped green chiles, undrained
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 3/8 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 pound flank steak, trimmed
  • Cooking spray
  • Garlic-Roasted Broccoli

Instructions

  1. Heat a large saucepan over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil; swirl to coat. Add onion and red bell pepper; sauté 4 minutes or until slightly tender. Stir in tomato puree and next 6 ingredients (through green chiles). Cover and simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  2. Heat a grill pan over high heat. Combine paprika and next 3 ingredients (through salt) in a small bowl; rub spice mixture evenly over steak. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add steak to pan; grill 6 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Let stand 5 minutes. Cut steak diagonally across grain into thin slices. Serve with beans.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Broccoli.

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Broccoli...

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