Asian-Inspired Beef Stir Fry: Better Than Takeout
We're sharing the secrets to making the ultimate beef stir fry that's guaranteed to rival your favorite restaurant's dish. This easy-to-follow recipe combines tender slices of beef with crisp, colorful vegetables, all coated in a rich, savory sauce that's bursting with flavor.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Resting Time 1 minute min
Total Time 31 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 4 people
Equipment
- 1 carbon steel wok
Ingredients
- 400 g trimmings from a a whole strip loin
- 1 broccoli
- 1 onion
- 1 clove garlic
Marinara
- 1 tbsp rice flour or cornstarch
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp roasted sesame oil
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch crushed citron peppercorn
Sauce Preparation
- 1 tbsp red miso
- 1 ½ tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 50 ml Chinese rice wine
- ½ tbsp dark soy vinegar
Instructions
- in a bowl with the meat trimmings add the rice flour
- add the baking soda
- add the rice vinegar
- add the roasted sesame oil
- add the soy sauce
- add a pinch of salt
- add a pinch of crushed citron peppercorn
- massage the meat trimmings with the marinara so everything is well combined
- place it in the fridge for half an hour
- cut the broccoli in small chunks so you can stir fry later
- cut the stem of the broccoli into thin slices
- cut the ginger in thin slices
Sauce Preparation
- add 1 tbsp of red miso
- add 1 ½ tbsp of splash of sesame oil
- 2 tbsp of oyster sauce
- add 1 tbsp of dark soy sauce
- add a little bit of Chinese rice wine
- add a little bit of dark soy vinegar
- mix all this up
- it's very important that you have everything ready because once you start cooking it will be finished in very short time
- preheat your carbon steel wok and crank up the temperature so you get it screaming hot
- add splash of peanut oil
- add the meat and let it cook until it gets brown
- remove the meat from the wok and place it in a bowl
- warm up the wok again and add a splash of oil not too much
- add the broccoli and the onion
- let it stir fry
- when is starting to brown up add all the ginger
- add garlic but be careful, don't let it go too long
- add a pinch of salt and citron peppercorn
- stir around so everything is combined
- add back the beef
- add the sauce, always pour it around the edges that's important because that gives that evaporation on the hot side of the wok
- let the sauce to cook off a little bit
- ready to serve
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