Sesame Beef

1 tsp sesame seeds

3/4 cup jasmine rice

8 ounce green beans

1 yellow onion

1/4 ounce cilantro

10 ounce steak strips

3 fluid ounces garlic sesame sauce

1 tsp sambal

Bring a medium pot with rice and 1 1/2 cup water to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until rice is tender 18-20 minutes. Remove from burner and set aside covered. while rice cooks, prepare ingredients. 

Trim ends off green beans. cut into 1" pieces. halve and peel onion. slice halves into thin strips. coarsely chop cilantro. Pat steak strips dry, and season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and a pinch of pepper. 

Place a large non-stick pan over high heat and add 1 tbsp olive oil. Add green beans, onion, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a pinch of pepper to hot pan. stir occasionally until green beans are crisp-tender, 4-6 minutes. remove veggies to a plate. 

return pan used to cook veggies to high heat and add 4 tsp olive oil. add steak strips to hot pan. stir occasionally until browned. 3-5 minutes. 

add veggies, 1/4 cup water, garlic sesame sauce, half the samba, and halft the sesame seed to pan. stir to combine. taste and add remaining samba and pinch of salt, if desired. remove from burner. plate dish garnishing with cilantro and remaining sesame seeds.