Among all of the meat dishes, I love basic stir fries the most. Once you master the basic steps of stir-frying tender meats, the combination can be magic.
The most famous combination for a successful beef stir fry can be beef with green pepper, beef with celery and beef with broccoli. The former two are extremely popular inside China while the later one is almost nowhere to find. The overall principle is to match beef with something crunchy, either plain itself or sweet or hot. After absorbing the flavors and juice of the beef slices, the side vegetable turns itself into a main star too. If you want to make your beef delicious in stir-frying dishes, I recommend marinating the beef with oyster sauce. Oyster sauce, is believed to be the best ever partner for beef. It provides a strong savory and slightly sweet flavor, which highlight the original aroma of beef slices.
Cook’s Note
- Since the dish is loaded with a heavy and thick sauce, you can use cheap cuts of beef. In fact, in most authentic Chinese beef stir frying dishes, we use tenderloin. Beef steak is not commonly available in China 10 years ago and it is still quite expensive now.
- When cutting the beef, it is important to comply with the “against the grain” rule, which helps to cut off the fiber and create a tender texture.
- I highly recommend frying the beef slices with a larger amount of oil. Then you can serve the oil for other dishes, especially for vegetables.
- You can replace snow pea with broccoli for this recipe. The only difference is that, in order to keep the crunchy texture, broccoli should be blanched firstly before stir-frying.
Steps
Cut beef into thin slices and then marinating with pepper, light soy sauce, cooking wine and cornstarch. Set aside for at least 15 minutes. Mix in sesame oil just before frying. In a small bowl, mix all of the stir fry sauce together.
Heat the pan firstly and then add oil. When the oil becomes slightly hot, spread beef slices in. Let them stay for a while and do a quick fry until they turn pale.
Transfer the beef out and leave only 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in pan. Slow down the fire, place garlic and snow peas in. Fry for half minutes until just cooked.
Add beef slices back and stir in the stir fry sauce. Quickly fry until well mixed.
Beef with Snow Pea Stir Fry
Chinese style beef and snow pea stir fry
Servings: 3
Calories: 300kcal
Ingredients
Beef and marinating
- 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp. oyster sauce
- 150 g beef steak or tenderloin thinly sliced
- 1/2 tbsp. Chinese cooking wine Shaoxing wine
- 2 tsp. corn starch
- 1 tbsp. water
- 1 tsp. sesame oil
Others
- 1/4 cup vegetable cooking oil, with around 2 tbsp. removed
- 2 garlic cloves chopped
- 150 g fresh snow peas
- pinch of salt
Stir fry sauce
- 1 tsp. dark soy sauce
- 1 tsp. light soy sauce
- 1/4. sugar
- 1 tsp. cornstarch
- 1/2 tbsp. water
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Instructions
- Cut beef into thin slices and then marinating with pepper, light soy sauce, cooking wine and cornstarch. Set aside for at least 15 minutes.
- Mix in sesame oil just before frying.
- Heat the pan firstly and then add oil. When the oil becomes slightly hot, spread beef slices in. Let them stay for a while and do a quick fry until they turn pale.
- Transfer the beef out and leave only 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in pan. Slow down the fire, place garlic and snow peas in. Fry for half minutes until just cooked.
- Add beef slices back and stir in the stir fry sauce. Quickly fry until well mixed.
Nutrition Facts
Beef with Snow Pea Stir Fry
Amount Per Serving
Calories 300
Calories from Fat 243
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 27g
42%
Saturated Fat 18g
90%
Cholesterol 30mg
10%
Sodium 347mg
14%
Potassium 234mg
7%
Total Carbohydrates 10g
3%
Dietary Fiber 1g
4%
Sugars 2g
Protein 12g
24%
Vitamin A
10.9%
Vitamin C
37.1%
Calcium
2.9%
Iron
10.6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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