Beef Stir-Fry Recipes

Beef stir-fries are awesome with rice, pasta, or in between two slices of bread. They’re the quickest, most nutritious thing to make—you can virtually pair it with any vegetables and seasonings you want, and the dish is likely to taste well. My go-to is beef, bok choy, chopped garlic, and soy sauce, which literally takes 5 minutes.

There’s more. This collection of beef stir-fry recipes have delicious, easy dinner ideas. They come from all over the globe, and not a single one less flavorful than the other.

Beef Stir-Fry Recipes

These beef stir-fries are both delicious and easy. Save some of them in case you want a quick, easy dinner.

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Beef Chow Fun Recipe

This Chow Fun is a rice noodle stir-fry that exudes umami undertones. With tender mushrooms basking in a luscious soy sauce, it’s just what you need for a gratifying feast.

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Beef and Broccoli Recipe

This recipe will show you how to make a Chinese stir-fry look easy. It’s a matter of cooking your marinated meat and veggies in one skillet until tender. Serve over a bed of fluffy white rice.

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Asian Beef and Noodles Recipe

“Udon” want to miss this Asian stir fry! If you’re unfamiliar, udon is a thick Japanese noodle made from rice or wheat flour. Simply sauteed in a ground beef, mushroom, and soy-oyster sauce mix, it makes an excellent vehicle for deep umami flavors.

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Beef Tapa Recipe

This Filipino dish of thinly-sliced steak is what we forage for when we’re famished. It’s tender and marinated meat served with a sunny-side-up egg and fried rice — the epitome of a rewarding meal.

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Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe

When you plan a dish you want everyone to love, Spaghetti Bolognese should come to mind. It’s a time-tested meal that requires little effort yet never fails to impress. The kids will be lining up for seconds.

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Beefy Butternut Squash Pasta Recipe

This dish guarantees there’s no better way to enjoy Butternut Squash Pasta. The sweet and nutty after-roast tang is addictive. And once you add the tomato sauce broth, it glosses over the butternut cubes and delivers a bittersweet finished taste.

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Beef and Mushrooms Recipe

This dish is proof of basic ingredients par excellence. Simply sear mushrooms, onions, and beef in a semi-sweet soy sauce until caramelized, and serve with fluffy white rice. That’s it — no heavy lifting. Except to convince your guests that it really is that simple.

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Beef Chow Mein Recipe

Another egg-noodle dish to fulfill, Chow Mein is easily a favorite for curbing carb cravings. Stir-fry flank steak with voluminous veggies (bok choy, cabbage) and noodles in soy sauce and serve right away.

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Orange Beef Recipe

This recipe is a simple concept. Pieces of thinly sliced flank steak are simmered in a zesty orange and soy sauce until tender enough to yield to the tongue readily. Yet another Asian-inspired knockout dish.

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Beef Teriyaki Recipe

The Teriyaki technique is among the most popular ways to prepare an Asian dish. It encapsulates a dark, glossy, and umami sauce with a tinge of sweetness that never fails to entice the taste buds.

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Pepper Steak Recipe

When you want a spicy meal, this chili Pepper Steak hits the spot. It’s made with striploin and seasoned with wine, pepper, and honey for a taste bud-stimulating, semi-sweet finish.

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Hunan Beef Recipe

When you bring a dish as dazzlingly colorful as this Hunan Beef to the table, your guests should expect it to be every bit as explosive in flavor. All in all, it’ll come down to their tastes. But you can still rest knowing that the effort you put into preparing it will count for something.

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Beef and Noodles Recipe

The perfect skillet dinner exists. This dish proves exactly that with just the right amount of protein and carbs to leave you feeling satiated. Ready in 35 minutes!

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Korean Beef Bowl Recipe

The intense sweetness of brown sugar and caramelized garlic is just the perfect complement to cooked rice. For that reason, this recipe is your best bet to introduce Korean flavors to your dining table. Everyone will be thrilled.

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Chili Spaghetti Recipe

Ever pushed the envelope of a simple spaghetti dish? This Chili Spaghetti lets you indulge in a mighty spicy main that’ll set your taste buds ablaze; you won’t settle for anything less fiery after trying it.

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Beef Lo Mein Recipe

This remake of a restaurant Chinese dish will make you want to exchange your versatile menu for this treat throughout the week. The marrying of carrots, bell pepper, and ginger is utterly irresistible. You’ll soon realize you can only take so much goodness.

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Beijing Beef Recipe

If ever you wish for a meal of chunky meat sauteed to tender perfection, try this Beijing Beef. Plus, the recipe couldn’t be simpler; everything is ready to be served in 20 minutes.

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Beef Stir-Fry Recipe

This recipe will become a top choice for down days. You need just 25 minutes to turn broccoli, carrots, and snow peas into allies for a quick yet satisfactory meal.

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Ground Beef and Broccoli Recipe

Broccoli always makes a dish look effortless. Pair it with ground beef, and you get this trouble-free yet impressive meal.

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Salisbury Steak Recipe

We’re going to show you how to make something that looks like steak, eats like steak, and kinda sorta tastes like steak without having to use any steak cuts. And you’re going to love it.

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Ginger Beef Recipe

We love how the bitterness of ginger in this treat works well with the brown sugar sauce. It creates a playful dynamic of flavors from peppy to sweet and an array of aromas in between.

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Thai Basil Beef Recipe

We love Thai Basil anything. In fact, we love Thai anything when it comes to food. This red bell pepper, chili, carrot, fish sauce, and brown sugar mix is precisely why. A furious, red dish that’ll take your diners by storm.

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Beef Tomato Stir Fry Recipe

What looks like a simple dish produces many irresistible, tomato-sweet flavors. It’s so succulent and delicious you’ll have to eat it with your shoes off so you can wiggle your toes.

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Mongolian Beef Recipe

If the dark glaze isn’t enough to win you over, the promise of a savory-sweet dynamic surely will. There’s nothing like contrasting tastes to create a meal of potent essence. That’s what you get with this spirited dish.

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Beef Cuts to Consider

Many of us will go straight for pre-sliced beef, which is perfectly delicious for stir-fries. It, however, may not be suitable for our budget at times, so we look for whole cuts and slice it ourselves.

For soft cuts (Prime or Choice) such as the tenderloin, you needn’t do much. Slice it against its grain and they are ready to cook.

For the tough cuts that are usually graded ‘Select’, ‘Standard’ or ‘Commercial’, you want to slice them properly and marinate them beforehand. Cuts with tendons are no good, since tendons don’t soften in a stir-fry (they do only in a pressure cooker or when simmered for hours on end.) Those are alarmingly tough eats.

Some of us prefer ground beef for stir-fries, which is fine. It’s quite easy to choose, in fact—the fat percentage is all there is to care about. We often settle for the 15% fat, 85% lean option—it’s highly available and doesn’t taste too fatty.

How to Slice Beef

Upon close inspection, you’ll see that the cut has strands of muscles, usually running along its length. Don’t cut along these strands—cut across them. The tough slices will tear apart easily once cooked.

In rare cases, the strands may not run in one direction, or the cut is so oddly shaped it’s impossible to make even slices. You can either not pick these cuts, or, if you have purchased it already and don’t fancy stews, give it a marinade.

Beef Softening Marinades

Marinades that contain pineapple juice (such as BBQ sauces) can tenderize meat, thanks to the fruit’s special enzyme. It’s called bromelain, and since it literally breaks down protein, the meat should sit in it for just about 15 minutes. Acids from lemons, wine, or vinegar also behave similarly.

Another way to soften meat is to preserve its moisture content, and coating the beef slices in cornstarch, oil, and whatever else, does just that. Cook the beef separately over high heat until charred marks appear, put it aside, then add it into your stir-fried veggies. This method is our favorite because the slices also appear to be larger, thanks to the cornstarch.

A Tip to Stir Fry Beef

Cooking in a cold pan will cause lots of moisture to come out before the charred spots have the chance to develop. You want to start with a hot pan, so the charred spots can appear and the meat can cook quickly. Sliced beef that’s cooked quickly always turns out moist and tender.

The aromatics and veggies, you ask? Once the beef is cooked, transfer it to a bowl and put it aside. Add some oil, sauté your aromatics and veg, then turn off the heat and add the beef back.

This method costs you a bowl to clean afterwards, but it cooks all elements of the stir-fry properly. The same applies to all types of meat that dry out easily, such as pork or chicken breast.

Beef Stir-Fry Recipes

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These beef stir-fry recipes make your cooking hassle-free. Throw ingredients in a pan, and something good to serve with rice comes together in minutes.

Ingredients

• Beef Chow Fun
• Beef and Broccoli
• Asian Beef and Noodles
• Beef Tapa
• Spaghetti Bolognese
• Beefy Butternut Squash Pasta
• Beef and Mushrooms
• Beef Chow Mein
• Orange Beef
• Beef Teriyaki
• Pepper Steak
• Hunan Beef
• Beef and Noodles
• Korean Beef Bowl
• Chili Spaghetti

Directions

1. Choose a recipe that you like.
2. Assemble all the essential ingredients.
3. Follow the instructions to give you incredibly tasty beef stir-fry recipe in less than 30 minutes!