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Do you ever wonder what goes into that delicious beef stir fry that we enjoy when we dine out? This recipe here is about to reveal the secrets! The best news is this stir fry is done in under 30 minutes!
Out of beef or simply not a fan? Take a look at our Speedy Sesame Shrimp Stir Fry.
What takes no time and effort at all? This Beef, Mushroom and Snow Pea Stir Fry.
This stir fry is the meal you want to have up your sleeve when the last thing on your mind is cooking. It’s easy, quick but feels like you ordered a takeout. All of this without the expense or unhealthy ingredients.
I love giving a healthy makeover to our takeout favourites. This Chinese Chicken Curry is one example that also became a reader favourite.
This beef stir fry is a dish that the whole family will love provided you choose the vegetables that your kids eat! Mine love crunchy and sweet snow peas or mangetout as they are known in the UK!
Ingredients
Making Asian food can be very intimidation if you don’t come from that part of the world. I am not trying to lump a whole bunch of Asian countries together here but simply acknowledging the fear and hesitation that come with it.
With a little research and practice it’s possible to produce recipes that are fresh, delicious and easy to make!
Stir fries like one or classic Mongolian Beef need a few standard ingredients to impart flavour. This particular recipe for a beef stir fry relies on fresh aromatics like ginger, garlic and red chillies for the base flavour.
The sauce is a simple combination of This is an affiliate link.dark soy sauce and This is an affiliate link.oyster sauce. If you want to impart a deeper flavour to your Chinese dishes, dark soy sauce is a better choice than the light one. It’s thicker and more concentrated.
You can choose any vegetables that can go in it. Broccoli, cauliflower or cabbage are all stellar choices for this flavour-packed beef stir fry.
Lastly, you can easily substitute steak with chicken or shrimp.
Recipe Tips and Notes
- The first tip for getting the most flavour is to use fresh ingredients like real ginger, garlic and chillies. And have everything peeled, cut and ready before you start cooking. Stir frying is a speedy process. No time to stop and chop!
- Secondly, cut ginger up in matchsticks, slice your red chilli, and mince your garlic. Their taste comes through beautifully when they are not all grated in a mush.
- Thirdly, make sure you have all ingredients listed to create that savoury beef stir fry sauce. Leaving out one small ingredient will make the taste less complex and definitely not as satisfying.
- Lastly, turn your heat up to high, which allows your vegetables to cook beautifully while staying crunchy instead of stewing! The keyword is fry here and it’s not possible without high heat!
- Also don’t forget to add a teaspoon of sesame oil at the very end instead of the beginning. It’s meant to be used as a flavour enhancer rather than a cooking oil.
- Garnish with fresh cilantro leaves and sliced green onions before serving for extra oomph!
Serving suggestions
This beef stir fry could be enjoy with rice or noodles. Fluffy white rice of any sort will do perfectly well here, but if you want to get a bit more creative try my fantastic Coconut Rice.
My kids also crunched on some prawn crackers I picked up from my local supermarket.
Storage and leftovers
Like many great stir fries, I think you’ll find this one tastes even better the next day! The time spent in the fridge will allow flavours to meld and become even more intense.
Keep the leftovers in an This is an affiliate link.airtight container and refrigerate for up to 4 days. To reheat, either add a little water and reheat on the stovetop, or microwave for 90 seconds, giving it a stir halfway through.
More Asian inspired recipes
- Sticky Asian Chicken Recipe
- Asian Pulled Pork Buns
- Asian Salmon with Carrot and Cucumber Slaw
- Oven Baked Honey Soy Chicken
- Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
Beef, Mushroom and Snow Pea Stir Fry
Equipment
- This is an affiliate link.Carbon steel wok
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 "/2.5 cm long piece of fresh ginger or 1 tbsp ginger paste, peeled and cut into matchsticks
- 3 large or 5 medium garlic cloves, minced
- 1 red chilli, sliced, seeds removed
- 1 1/2 lbs/700 g beef steak, sliced
- 4 tbsp This is an affiliate link.oyster sauce
- 3 tbsp This is an affiliate link.soy sauce
- 8-10 mushrooms, sliced thickly
- 2 cups/150g snow peas/mangetout
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro leaves
- 2-3 green onions, sliced diagonally
- salt to taste
Instructions
- In a large frying pan or a wok heat the oil and add ginger, chilli and garlic, cook over medium heat for 1 minute until golden and fragrant.
- Add beef and cook for 5-7 minutes over high heat until the beef is sealed, add oyster sauce and soy sauce, stir to coat.
- Add mushroom and snow peas and stir fry for 2-3 minutes over high heat, you might need to add a splash of water if your pan is getting too dry but bare in mind that mushrooms will also release liquid, add sesame oil and take off the heat. The snow peas should be bright green and still crunchy but cooked.
- Garnish with sliced green onions and cilantro leaves before serving with rice or noodles.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Thank you for the recipe
I will try it and hope you have a blessed and safe trip home
Keep up the great and inspiring recipes
Thank you so much, Donna!
Your family somehow made it to Russia and your husband is well! Thank goodness!
I’m half Japanese and my father grew up in his mother’s Japanese restaurant. One trick he taught me about stir frying meat was to cook it early in the process and remove it from the pan then add it back in with the last ingredient. This prevents the meat from becoming tough and rubbery.
The oyster sauce is a must for beef, it gives the dish such great flavor. I use it in fried rice also.
I can’t wait to try this dish.
Great tips! Thanks, Rachel!
I love a fast and flavorful stir fry – this is the perfect weeknight dinner!
Absolutely, Laura! I love that it is so colourful and fresh!
We want to take out kiddos to Ukraine as well. I’d love for them to experience my homeland.
I bet yours will have such a wonderful experience.
The stir fry looks AMAZING as is your photography, as always. <3
Thank you, Valentina! I am hoping they love it. 🙂 I am super excited at the prospect of eating piroshki on every corner.
I am so glad to hear your husband got his visa! Those things could be so nerve wracking as they are absolutely out of our control. We are still working out what we can do but are hopeful. Thank you for your comment, Elizabeth.
Thanks!! We do too!!