Family Beef Stir Fry Recipes

Ingredients :

2 tbsp peanut oil

350g beef fillet, partially frozen, thinly sliced

1 large onion, cut into thin wedges

1 large carrot, thinly sliced on the diagonal

1 red capsicum, cut into thin strips

100g snow peas, sliced in half diagonally

150g baby corn, sliced in half diagonally

200g straw mushrooms, drained

2 tbsp oyster sauce

1 clove garlic, crushed

1 tsp grated fresh ginger

2 tbsp light soy sauce

2 tbsp medium sherry

1 tbsp honey

1 tsp sesame oil

2 tsp cornflour

1. Heat a wok over high heat, add 1 tbsp of the peanut oil and swirl around to coat the side of the wok.
2. Add the meat in batches and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until nicely browned.
3. Remove the meat from the wok and keep warm.
4. Heat the remaining peanut oil in the wok, add the onion, carrot and capsicum and cook, stirring for 2-3 minutes, or until the vegetables are just tender.
5. Add the snow peas, corn and straw mushrooms, cook for a further minute, then return all the meat to the wok.
6. Combine the oyster sauce with the garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sherry, honey, sesame oil and 1 tbsp water in a small bowl, then add the mixture to the wok.
7. Mix the cornflour with 1 tbsp of water, add to wok and cook for 1 minute, or until the sauce thickens.
8. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
9. Serve immediately wit rice or thin egg noodles.

Stir frying is a method of cooking food very quickly. For meat to cook as quickly as stir fried demand, the meat needs to be cut up very thinly. Keeping the meat partially frozen makes this much easier as the knife cuts through the meat much more smoothly than if the meat was at room temperature.

Ready to eat in 30 minutes

Serves 4 - 6

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