How to Cook Filipino Beef Stir-Fry

Filipino Beef Stir-Fry

This is easy menu to cook especially if you are a busy mother, choose beef meat tender part and sliced in thin and marinate. Cook for 30 minutes and serves for 4 serving.

Basic Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 pound snow peas
  • 3/4 cup green peas
  • 1 carrot, sliced
  • 2 (1/2 pound) New York strip steaks, sliced into thin strips
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
  • 3 tablespoons olive oi
  • 1 sweet onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 stalks celery, sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into chunks
  • 1/4 cup oil for deep frying

Cooking Methods

  • Place the sliced steak in a large bowl. Sprinkle the cornstarch over the beef slices and mix to coat. Whisk the soy sauce and sugar together in a small bowl until the sugar dissolves; pour over the beef slices. Mix and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.
  • Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir the onion and garlic in the hot oil until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir the oyster sauce into the onion and garlic; season with salt and pepper. Add the snow peas, green peas, carrot, celery, and red bell pepper; cook and stir until the vegetables are slightly tender, yet still crisp, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat.
  • Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a separate skillet. Remove the beef from the marinade, shaking off any excess moisture; discard the marinade. Fry the beef slices in the hot oil to your desired degree of doneness, 3 to 5 minutes per side for medium. Add the cooked beef to the vegetable mixture and mix well. Serve hot.

Spiced Beef Recipes

Spiced Beef

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup dark soy sauce
  • 2 pounds boneless beef shank
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 3 ½ cups water
  • 2 tbsp dry sherry
  • 2 slices ginger
  • ½ tsp Szechuan peppercorn or coriander seeds, taste
  • 1- 2 inch cinnamon stick
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp vegetable
  • 2 star anise
  • 3 tbsp granulated sugar

Cooking Methods

  • Stir- fry garlic and ginger then add beef for a minute.
  • Add dry sherry, soy sauce, water, cinnamon stick, star anise, and the peppercorn or coriander seeds.
  • Bring to boil then let it simmer for 2 hours.
  • Stir in sugar and let it simmer for 10 minutes then remove beef from pan.
  • Thinly slice beef and serve cold on platter then garnish with cilantro.