Beef Stir-Fry Recipe with 3 Ingredient Sauce
This beef stir fry has a ridiculously simple sauce and is loaded with mushrooms, zucchini and bell pepper. All you need to make this Asian Beef Stir Fry a meal is a bowl of buttery, steamy white rice
Serving: 4 as a main course
Ingredients
Ingredients for Beef Stir-Fry:
1 lb Top sirloin steak
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 medium yellow zucchini, sliced on the diagonal
1 medium onion, sliced
1 red bell pepper, sliced
½ lb mushrooms, thin sliced
1 tsp grated ginger
1 garlic clove, minced or pressed
½ Tbsp sesame seeds, for garnish
Oil to Saute (one with a high smoke; extra light olive oil, avocado oil, canola,...)
Ingredients for Asian BBQ Sauce:
3 Tbsp original BBQ Sauce (we used Stubbs brand)
3 Tbsp Maple Syrup
2 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce (we used Tamari brand - gluten free)
Instructions
Stir together 3 sauce ingredients and set aside.
Slice steak as thin as possible against the grain. Heat a large heavy pan over high heat and add 1 Tbsp oil. When oil is hot, add beef and sautee undisturbed 2-3 mins, then stir and saute another 2 min or until nearly cooked through. Season lightly with salt and pepper, add ginger and garlic and sautee 1 min.
Drizzle beef with sauce to taste (I added 5 Tbsp at this point) and stir-fry another 1 min or until beef is fully cooked through. Remove beef to a plate and cover to keep warm. Rinse pan or use a clean one.
Place clean pan over high heat and add 1 Tbsp oil. Once oil is hot, add mushrooms, season lightly with s & p and stir fry until golden (5 min). Remove mushrooms to the plate with beef.
Add 1 Tbsp oil along with sliced veggies and stir fry about 8 min or until soft and golden.
Combine vegetables with beef and mushrooms, drizzle in more sauce to taste (I used another 2 Tbsp) and stir fry just until hot. Serve over steamy white rice.
Notes
If you using a sweet BBQ sauce, sauce will be considerably sweeter which is why we opted to use an original BBQ sauce. This recipe also works well with pork strip loin or tenderloin.
