Beef Stir-Fry with Peanut Sauce

This versatile recipe can adapt to whatever vegetables you have on hand. The key is to make sure you have all the vegetables chopped beforehand, and the sauce ready to go as well. Serve immediately over hot cooked brown rice.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 314 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• ¼ cup cold water
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup broccoli florets
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• ¼ cup rice vinegar
• 1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 1 bunch green onions, sliced
• 1 tablespoon chile-garlic sauce (such as Sriracha®)
• 2 carrots, cut into strips
• ¾ pound beef flank steak, thinly sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Whisk vinegar, soy sauce, peanut butter, 1 tablespoon peanut oil, chile sauce, and sesame oil together in a bowl until smooth. Whisk water and cornstarch together in a small bowl until the cornstarch is dissolved.

Step 2

Heat 1 tablespoon peanut oil in a large skillet until smoking. Cook and stir beef in hot oil until browned, about 3 minutes. Remove beef with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towel. Add 1 tablespoon peanut oil to the drippings remaining in the skillet and heat until near smoking. Cook and stir carrots, bell pepper, mushrooms, broccoli, green onions, garlic, and ginger in the drippings and oil mixture until the vegetables are tender, about 4 minutes.

Step 3

Return beef to skillet. Reduce heat to medium-low. Clear a space in the center of the beef and vegetables. Pour vinegar mixture and cornstarch mixture into the cleared space; stir together for a few seconds, then toss with vegetables and beef. Place a cover on the skillet and cook until sauce thickens and sticks to vegetables, about 5 minutes.