Beef and Broccoli with Spicy Fig-Cacao Glaze - The Paleo Diet®

Ingredients

• 1 lb flank steak
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cups water, divided
• 1/4 cups extra-virgin olive oil, divided
• 1/2 large yellow onion, roughly chopped
• 1 lb broccoli, cut into bite-sized florets with up to 1” stems
• 1/2 lb fresh figs, de-stemmed and cut into quarters
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 whole dried chile peppers (AIP – omit or sub)
• 1 tbsp arrowroot starch
• 3/4 cups no-sodium organic beef stock
• 1 tbsp pure cacao powder
• 1 tsp cracked black pepper (AIP – omit or sub)
• 5 tsp diced walnuts, slightly toasted (AIP – omit or sub)
• Cauliflower rice (optional)