Beef and Vegetable Stir Fry
Beef and a vegetable mix of broccoli, red pepper, water chestnuts, scallions and garlic is stir fried with an easy Asian flavored sauce you mix up yourself .
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup sesame oil
- 1 head broccoli small head about ½ to ¾ pounds
- 1 red pepper
- 1 can water chestnuts small can drained
- 3 scallions
- 3 cloves garlic
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons ginger or 2 tablespoons fresh minced ginger
- ½ cup beef broth
- 1 pound beef steak use a less expensive cut of beef
- rice or pasta, noodles, mashed potato
Instructions
Prepare Ingredients
- Decide what starch, if any you will be using as the bed for your stir fry. According to package directions, plan to cook the starch so it will be done in the 30-40 minutes it takes to make the stir fry.
- Slice the beef steak into thin strips, then cut the strips into pieces about 1 to 2 inches long. Put the beef aside to warm up before you flash fry.
- Chop the broccoli, red pepper, garlic and scallions.
- Drain the water chestnuts
- Mix up the sauce using broth, soy sauce and ginger.
Cooking Instructions
- Put a heavy bottomed skillet on medium high heat, cover the bottom with sesame oil and add broccoli and garlic. Stirring often sauté until the broccoli is beginning to get tender.
- Add a little more oil (2-3 tablespoons) to the pan before adding red pepper and scallions. Still on medium high heat, cook until the red pepper is your desired doneness.
- Add water chestnuts and incorporate them into the mixture as you bring them up to temperature. Take the vegetable mix off the heat.
- Place a second heavy bottomed skillet on high heat and let the skillet get hot. When heated, cover the bottom with sesame oil and add the beef pieces. All the pieces should be exposed to the bottom of the pan and have room around them to be turned quickly and easily. Depending on the size of the skillet, you may need to fry in batches. If you start piling the beef up in the skillet it will bring the temperature down and make the meat tough and rubbery.
- When all the meat has been fried, add it to the vegetable mix, then add the sauce you have mixed up. On high heat, bring the sauce to a boil. Remove from heat. The stir fry is ready to be served.
- Prepare the starch of your choice according to package directions. Know, in advance, how long it will take to cook, so it will be done by the time your stir fry mixture is. The stir fry should take about 30-40 minutes.
Notes
Our instructions include the term: cooking vegetables until tender. When a vegetable is considered tender, depends on your preferences. Some people like their stir fried vegetables to be fairly firm in the finished dish, and others like them very tender. Longer cook time, means more tender vegetables. The difference in tenderness changes by the minute at medium high heat, so stay at the stove, mixing the ingredients in the skillet and pop a piece of broccoli and/or red pepper in your mouth to test tenderness as you are sautéing. It is the only foolproof way to test it 😋.
Nutrition
Calories: 302kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 8gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gSodium: 931mgPotassium: 999mgFiber: 9gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 2913IUVitamin C: 193mgCalcium: 103mgIron: 3mg
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