Thai Beef with Spinich

I had never cooked Thai food before but was inspired by our recent trip. I can't claim that this is real Thai cuisine since I didn't follow a recipe, but regardless it was good. I also am guessing on amounts of ingredients since I never measure any thing - I will update it when I make it again.

Ingredients:

• Olive oil (you can also use olive oil spray to cut back on the calories)
• Lean Beef cut into bite size strips (cut them pretty thin if you are using a tougher meat)
• Diced Yellow Onion - about 1 small-med
• Minced Garlic - about 3 -5 cloves (I love garlic)
• Crush Red Pepper - a dash or two
• Chili Garlic Sauce - 1 tbs (depending on how much heat you like)
• Fish Sauce - 2 tbs
• 1-2 tsp Sriracha (check here for this and the Chili Garlic Sauce, available at the supermarket)i
• Dash of cumin
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• Salt and pepper
• Baby Spinach - about 1/2 of the bag
• Button mushrooms - use as many as you like. I used an entire small container. It adds bulk and because they are so absorbent, they taste almost like the beef.

1. Heat a small amount of olive oil in a large sauté pan. Medium heat, cook the garlic, onion and crushed red pepper for about 2 minutes. You don't have to cook them too much because they will continue cooking with the rest of ingredients.
2. Lightly salt and pepper the beef and cook just until browned, about 5 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside.
3. Add Fish Sauce, Chili Garlic Sauce, Sriracha Sauce, Cumin and Chicken Broth. Let simmer for about 10 minutes with lid on. Stir a couple of times. If you find that there isn't enough liquid just add some more chicken broth.
4. Add the beef back into the sauce and simmer for about 15-20 minutes. This makes everything nice and yummy.
5. Pile the spinach into the pan about 5 minutes before you are about to serve. The spinach only takes a few minutes to wilt. It will look like you are adding way too much, but once it cooks it will loose all of its volume.
6. I served this over Rice Noodles or Glass Noodles - a nice change from white or brown rice.
   

Make sure to eat with chopsticks - makes it more fun :)

*there are a ton of fun veggies you could add into this. Bok Choy, sprouts, green onions, lemongrass. Just have fun.