Description
🍴 Satisfy your cravings with this quick and easy Chinese Beef and Onion Stir-Fry, packed with wholesome ingredients and bold flavors to keep you energized! 🥢
🔥 Perfect for busy days, this comforting recipe is a must-try to bring delicious simplicity and restaurant-quality taste straight to your table! 🥩
Ingredients
– Flank steak or top sirloin (thinly sliced)
– Onions (large or small, sliced)
– Soy sauce (for marinade and sauce)
– Oyster sauce (for marinade and sauce)
– Cornstarch (for marinade and sauce thickening)
– Baking soda (for marinade)
– Sesame oil (for marinade and sauce)
– Shaoxing wine or rice vinegar (optional for marinade)
– Sugar (for marinade and sauce)
– Light soy sauce (for sauce)
– Dark soy sauce (for sauce)
– Ketchup (for sauce)
– Water (to dilute sauce)
– Oil (for stir-frying)
– Optional: Garlic (minced)
– Optional: Spring onions (chopped)
– Optional: Bell peppers (sliced)
– Optional: Chili oil or sliced red chilies (for a spicy kick)
Instructions
1. Gather and prepare all ingredients, including flank steak or top sirloin, onions, and ingredients for the marinade and sauce.
2. Slice the beef thinly against the grain to ensure tenderness.
3. Prepare the marinade by mixing soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, Shaoxing wine or rice vinegar, a pinch of sugar, and baking soda in a bowl. Marinate the beef for 15-30 minutes.
4. While the beef marinates, prepare the sauce by combining light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, ketchup, sugar, and water in a small bowl. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
5. Heat a wok or skillet over high heat until it begins to light smoke. Add a tablespoon of oil.
6. Sear the marinated beef in the hot wok until it is roughly 75% cooked. Remove the beef from the wok and set it aside.
7. In the same wok, add onions and stir-fry until they soften, are slightly caramelized, and have a light char. Remove and set them aside.
8. Pour the prepared sauce into the wok and let it simmer gently.
9. Return the beef and onions to the wok. Stir everything to evenly coat the beef and onions in the sauce.
10. Continue stir-frying for about 30 seconds until the sauce thickens and becomes a rich, dark brown color.
11. Remove the wok from heat and serve the Chinese Beef and Onion Stir-Fry immediately.
12. Pair the stir-fry with freshly cooked jasmine rice or noodles for an ideal meal.
Notes
1. Master the art of tender beef by using the “velveting” method with soy sauce, cornstarch, and baking soda for melt-in-your-mouth results.
2. Achieve authentic flavor by balancing the sauce with the perfect mix of soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, and a touch of sugar.
3. Keep your wok super hot to create the ideal stir-fry texture and bring out the rich aroma of the ingredients.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 10
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stir-Fry
- Cuisine: Chinese