Beef Stir-Fry

Beef stir fry, loaded with tons of fresh vegetables and a tasty sauce, is a quick and easy dinner best cooked in a wok that your family will love.

Why this recipe works:

Beef Stir Fry with broccoli and rice is one of my family's favorite recipes. It has everything you want in a dinner - protein, loads of veggies, and great flavor!

I recently purchased an electric wok. I love it. You have no idea how much I love it.

The beauty of a wok is that the heat goes all the way up the side walls. This is what creates that super fast and quick cooking.

Wok cooking is perfect for stir fry recipes because you want your meat and vegetables to be just cooked enough but also to get a really nice sear on them.

Here's how to make it:

1. Ensure meat and all vegetables are cut prior to cooking.
2. Heat vegetable oil in a large wok or skillet over high heat. When oil is near it's smoking point, cook and stir beef until browned, 3 to 4 minutes. It will continue cooking later, so it doesn't need to be fully cooked at this point. You just want a nice sear on it.
3. Add broccoli, bell pepper, carrots, zucchini, and green onion to the center of the wok. Cook and stir vegetables for 2 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, and red pepper flakes and stir well.
4. Add beef into vegetables and season with soy sauce, fish sauce, and sesame seeds. Continue to cook and stir until vegetables are tender, about 2 more minutes.

Cooking tips:

• Throughout entire recipe, do not overcrowd your wok. You're better off cooking in small batches, setting aside, and combining everything at the end. You want everything to have a nice sear on it but not be soggy and overly cooked.
• Ensure meat and all vegetables are cut prior to cooking.

The best kind of beef for stir fry:

I prefer to use a sirloin steak. You can certainly use any kind of steak that is a higher quality cut than a sirloin, but since you're going to slice it thin and cook it fast, you should save your money.

A sirloin steak will taste just as good as a premium cut when cooked this way at a fraction of the price.

The trick to tender meat:

There are many ways you can make meat tender. One method is to pound it flat with a meat tenderizer. You can also marinate it so that the tissue breaks down a bit during the cooking process.

In order to make this recipe quick and easy, the only thing I did to ensure really tender meat was to slice it very thin against the grain.

A simple trick to make your slicing easier is to have your meat partially frozen. It needs to be thawed enough to easily get the knife through, but cold enough to hold up against the knife, thus making it easy to slice.

Cutting against the grain will give you the most tender bites of steak.

The secret ingredient:

Fish sauce.

I know some people have been cooking with fish sauce their entire lives, but it's newly adapted in our family.

Admittedly, the thought of using fish sauce is not super appealing to me, but it truly does enhance the flavor of Asian dishes. Give it a try!

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Beef Stir Fry

Beef stir fry, loaded with tons of fresh vegetables and a tasty sauce, is a quick and easy dinner best cooked in a wok that your family will love.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Asian

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Hover to scale: 4 servings

Author: Krissy Allori

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil (or other high heat oil)2 tbsp vegetable oil (or other high heat oil)
• 1 pound beef sirloin (cut into thin strips, see note)1 pound beef sirloin (cut into thin strips, see note)
• 2 cups broccoli (fresh florets)2 cups broccoli (fresh florets)
• 1 red bell pepper (cut into thin strips)1 red bell pepper (cut into thin strips)
• 2 large carrots (peeled and cut into thin strips)2 large carrots (peeled and cut into thin strips)
• 1 small zucchini (thinly sliced)1 small zucchini (thinly sliced)
• 2 green onions (thinly sliced)2 green onions (thinly sliced)
• 1 tsp garlic (minced)1 tsp garlic (minced)
• 1/2 tsp ginger (freshly grated)1/2 tsp ginger (freshly grated)
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 2 tbsp soy sauce2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp fish sauce2 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds (toasted)2 tbsp sesame seeds (toasted)

Instructions

• Ensure meat and all vegetables are cut prior to cooking.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large wok or skillet over high heat. When oil is near it's smoking point, cook and stir beef until browned, 3 to 4 minutes. It will continue cooking later, so it doesn't need to be fully cooked at this point. You just want a nice sear on it.
• Transfer beef to a plate. Add broccoli, bell pepper, carrots, zucchini, and green onion to the center of the wok. Cook and stir vegetables for 2 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, and red pepper flakes and stir well.
• Add beef into vegetables and season with soy sauce, fish sauce, and sesame seeds. Continue to cook and stir until vegetables are tender, about 2 more minutes.
• Serve hot over rice or noodles.

Notes

Slicing meat that is partially frozen or very cold is easiest. Slice against the grain to get the most tender bite.

Cooking tip: Throughout entire recipe, do not overcrowd your wok. You're better off cooking in small batches, setting aside, and combining everything at the end. You want everything to have a nice sear on it but not be soggy and overly cooked.

NUTRITION INFORMATION

Calories: 279kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 1324mg | Potassium: 863mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 7420IU | Vitamin C: 87.4mg | Calcium: 113mg | Iron: 3.7mg

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