It's truly super easy to make, it’s the perfect addition to your back-to-school weeknight dinner meal planning rotation.
We love easy meals and this one will help you prepare for the back-to-school season with this protein-rich stir fry and if you're not a steak lover, you can substitute chicken.
I love Asian flavors and have made many copycat recipes along with homemade egg rolls this meal is always a welcome change in cuisines.
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Easy Under 30 Minute Stir Fry Weeknight Meals:
It has very thinly sliced tender beef with an unforgettable flavored sauce plus a healthy variety of any of your favorite crunchy vegetables.
Serve it over hot steamed fluffy rice or our family loves this with cooked ramen noodles.
Try some of these other easy meals salisbury steak, ground chicken meatballs, venison steak, steak strips,
Shopping List of Ingredients You Will Need
- steak strips cut thin (flank, sirloin)
- soy sauce
- water
- garlic
- rice vinegar
- bell pepper cleaned and sliced
- broccoli florets
- sliced carrots
- brown sugar
- ginger
- cornstarch for thickening
Alternate Serving Suggestions
- Pour over mashed potatoes
- Cooked pasta of choice
- With Stir-fried vegetables
- Over roasted vegetables
- Steamed vegetables
- Fried rice
Other Additions and Mix-Ins for Steak Stir Fry
- mushrooms sliced, carrots, peas
- sprouts
- water chestnuts
- onions
- a whole head of broccoli or cauliflower florets cleaned and washed
- diced zucchini or eggplant
- grape tomatoes
- peanuts, cashews, or sunflower seeds
- artichoke hearts
- turn into surf and turf using shellfish of any kind
- Use hot peppers instead of bell peppers for a little kick
- bok choy or celery chopped
- Use any cubed meats or poultry leftover
- For Vegetarian omit the meats
- Serve over rice, ramen noodles, angel hair, on top of baked potatoes, in flour tortilla wraps, in a taco bowl, or fried rice
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Stir Fry Tips and Cooking Methods
- Oven: Brown steak dump everything in except cornstarch in the pan. Bake until the meat is tender around 35 minutes at 400 degrees. Thicken with cornstarch if necessary 5 minutes before it's completely cooking.
- Instant Pot: Place on the sear the chicken with butter and olive oil. Then, set it to pressure cooker mode for 45 minutes.
- Slow Cooker: Place on low for 6 to 8 hours. High 4 to 6 hours. Use the cornstarch at the last 30 minutes of cooking to thicken
- Prepare the vegetables and sauce ingredients first:
- Whisk all the sauce ingredients and set them aside.
- Slice all the vegetables thinly and set aside.
- Slice the steak thinly against the grain into thin slices using a sharp knife
- When making this stir fry use a deep pan such as a wok or deep-frying pan.
- Serve with steamed rice, fried rice, or some of our alternative suggestions
Yield: 4
Steak Stir Fry
This is weeknight delicious steak stir fry perfect for on-the-go busy schedules and a tasty dish under 30 minutes.
Prep time: 11 MinCook time: 28 MinTotal time: 39 Min
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 6 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 2 teaspoons regular rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil divided
- 1 frozen package of broccoli florets
- 1 pound flank steak strips (sliced thin) or you can use boneless chicken breast
- salt, and pepper to taste
- 1 orange and green bell pepper thinly sliced, 1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots (optional)
- serve with white rice
Instructions
- In a bowl whisk together the water, soy sauce, brown sugar, cornstarch, garlic, ginger, and rice vinegar until sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
- Add the broccoli, carrots, and peppers and saute until tender-crisp and around 6 to 7 minutes. Add to a bowl then set aside.
- In the same pan reduce the heat to low add oil then saute the beef and sprinkle with salt cooking for about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the sauce.
- Bring that to a simmer for around 3 minutes.
- Stir in the mixture with broccoli to the skillet and cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce has thickened and evenly coats meat and vegetables, about 3 minutes
- Serve over steamed white rice.
Notes
Other Cooking Methods
- Oven: Brown steak dump everything in except cornstarch in the pan. Bake until the meat is tender around 35 minutes at 400 degrees. Thicken with cornstarch if necessary 5 minutes before it's completely cooking.
- Instant Pot: Place on the sear the chicken with butter and olive oil. then set to the pressure cooker mode for 45 minutes.
- Slow Cooker: Place on low for 6 to 8 hours. High 4 to 6 hours. Use the cornstarch at the last 30 minutes of cooking to thicken
Stir Fry Tips and Suggestions
- Prepare the vegetables and sauce ingredients first:
- Whisk all the sauce ingredients and set them aside.
- Slice all the vegetables thinly and set aside.
- Slice the steak thinly against the grain into thin slices using a sharp knife
- When making this stir fry use a deep pan such as a wok or deep-frying pan.
- Serve with steamed rice, fried rice, or some of our alternative suggestions
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