Stir-Fry Basics
Skip the takeout and make a simple stir-fry meal at home. Stir-fry your beef strips then add your favorite vegetables, sauce and other ingredients, and you’ll have a delicious one-dish meal on the table in minutes.
Stir-Frying Basics
Skip the takeout — it's just as fast (and fresher) to cook this simple one-pot meal at home. Stir-frying is best done with bite-sized pieces of food and lots of added flavors from aromatics (garlic, ginger, scallion) and Asian condiments (soy, hoisin, chili paste, etc.).
Prep & Preheat
This is a quick-cook technique, so it's important to have all your ingredients prepped and ready to go. Preheat the wok or skillet and cooking oil per your recipe guidelines.
Cook the Beef
Some recipes recommend cooking the beef completely before moving on to the next step, while others call for giving the beef a quick brown, then removing it from the pan, cooking the vegetables, and returning it to the pan to finish. You can quickly pull out a piece of beef to test for doneness.
Veggie Time
Follow recipe guidelines, but generally it’s important to cook things in order depending on how quickly they cook — onions first, then firm veggies such as broccoli and carrots, and finally leafy ingredients such as spinach.
Sauce it up
Now's the time to add the ingredients for a sauce, or even a bottled sauce, depending on your recipe. Stir well to ensure the beef and vegetables are evenly coated.
serve & Savor
Most stir-fry recipes go straight from pan to plate, and are often served over rice, noodles, or spiralized vegetables.
Cooking Tip
Placing your beef in the freezer for around 30 minutes makes it easier to slice.
Glossary
Smoke Point
This term refers to the temperature at which various cooking oils begin to break down and produce smoke. Oils with higher smoke points — such as canola, peanut or grapeseed — are better suited for cooking at higher temperatures.
Beef Stir-Fry with Couscous |
Beef Stir-Fry with Couscous |
A satisfying stir fry that comes together in a flash. Sliced lean Sirloin Steak is skillet-cooked with veggies in a tangy barbecue sauce, then served over a bed of beef-flavored couscous.
Sesame-Soy Beef Stir-Fry |
Sesame-Soy Beef Stir-Fry |
Stir-fry is a great way to use your favorite steak cuts in a quick and flavorful way. Beef Sirloin Tip Steaks are served with frozen vegetables and a delicious sesame-soy sauce.
Easy Asian Stir-Fry |
Easy Asian Stir-Fry |
Try this quick and easy stir-fry recipe. Beef steaks with vegetables in your favorite store-brand stir-fry sauce.
Sumptuous Steak Stir-Fry |
Sumptuous Steak Stir-Fry |
Strips of lean Top Round Steak are stir-fried with bell peppers, broccoli, snap peas and carrots. The entire dish gets big flavor from easy to find sesame ginger stir-fry sauce.
Flat Iron Steak
Extremely tender, well-marbled and flavorful and great for grilling. Cut from the Top Blade.
Eye of Round Steak
A tremendous value cut that is lean and boneless. Ideal for marinating then grilling or skillet cooking.
Chuck Arm Roast
Economical and flavorful. Best when slow-cooked.
Denver Steak
Cut from the center of the Under Blade, these steaks are extremely tender with a good amount of marbling and beef flavor. Best when cooked over high heat on the grill.
Pairing Beef and Alcohol
While it all comes down to personal preference, we have compiled some general guidelines to finding the perfect beef and alcohol pairing.
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