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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Rest Caribbean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large skillet, toast the coconut over medium heat, until golden and crisp; set aside. | 2. Brown ground beef and garlic in the same skillet; drain well. | 3. Add salt, pepper lemon juice and soy sauce. | 4. In a small bowl combine the cornstarch with reserved pineapple and mandarin orange liquids; stir well until smooth then add to ground beef and cook over medium heat for 5 mins, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened. | 5. Stir in the pineapple and mandarin oranges; cook 2-3 mins, or until thoroughly heated. | 6. Serve over noodles or rice, and sprinkle with more toasted coconut and cashew nuts. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
coconut	1/2	cup	shredded	141.6	6.0920000000000005	1.3319999999999999	13.395999999999999
beef	1		ground lean	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
garlic	1 -2	tablespoon	minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt black pepper				-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
soy sauce	1	tablespoon		8.48	0.7888	1.3024	0.0912
cornstarch	2	tablespoons		60.96	14.6032	0.0416	0.008
pineapple chunk	1	can	drained	315.8921	81.5442	1.4693	0.3673
mandarin orange	1	can	drained	154.9475	39.0	2.3681	0.9063
cashew nut	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.