Quick and Easy Stir-Fry Beef
"Great and EASY stir fry dish. I found this online in rec.food.recipes. I am planning to try it later this week with tofu for a veggie meal."
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 8 ounces flank steaks
- 2 cups pea pods
- 1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts (optional)
- 2 slices gingerroot
- 2 stalks chopped green onions
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
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Marinade Sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil (optional)
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
directions
- Rinse rice in pot, and cook (follow package directions).
- While the rice is cooking, slice flank steak in thin slices (approximately 2 inches long by a quarter inch wide) and place in marinade.
- Make sure that the steak is coated in marinade.
- Wash pea pods and pinch off the ends.
- Chop the green onions and slice ginger.
- Heat large skillet on high heat.
- Drop 1 tbsp olive oil onto skillet.
- Put meat and marinade in skillet and fry until brown.
- Add more olive oil if necessary.
- Add ginger and green onions to skillet.
- Fry 1 minute.
- Add the pea pods and water chestnuts.
- Fry until pea pods are hot but not soggy.
- The rice should be finished by now.
- Serve stir-fry over rice.
- NOTES: I use small package of Green Giant frozen Sugar Snap Peas so I don't have to wash and prepare the fresh vegetables.
- I microwave them for 2 minutes to defrost them.
- You could also substitute other vegetables for the pea pods such as chopped broccoli or chopped green peppers.
- You can also add more vegetables, such as carrots and/or peppers.
- I also buy the steak "thin sliced", and cut those slices up.
- Makes it cook really fast and a bit more fun to eat.
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Reviews
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WOW!! This was delicious!! I followed the directions exactly and it was so easy!! The cut of meat was perfect for this dish and the sauce was great! We have made several beef stir-frys. This is by FAR the best!! We were imaging all the other mixtures would could make with this (trying differetn veggies or the starch that you eat it with) I wouldn't make one single change to the meat or marinade....IT IS PERFECT!! -
Such a great, easy recipe to throw together--yet so enjoyable! I added ginger in a tube to the marinate and red peps and two Thai chilis to the stir-fry. You could add any vegie, like broccoli. Yums! -
I'm sorry but this was awful. So salty, and I didn't even add the salt. Just not an over all flavor I enjoyed. -
Very good recipe. However, I hate water chestnuts so I omitted them and added sliced mushrooms. Very flavorful and quick and easy. I also made lo mein instead of rice. Would have been better with rice. Another keeper!
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Fantastic and super-easy! My 12-year-old daughter, who doesn't like stir-fry, opened her eyes wide and said, "This is really good!"
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
basia1
United States
Recently married, I live in South Florida. I enjoy cooking and entertaining when I can. We recently bought a house and are trying to get our lives together. My husband loves me trying new recipes (as long as they don't have veggies!) which is great, because I love to try them. Everyone that comes to our house becomes a taste tester. :)
