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Easy Chinese Beef Stir Fry
Easy Chinese Beef Stir Fry brings together steak, baking soda, and soy sauce. This version calls for rice that is already cooked. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 8 min
- Total
- 23 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 19 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Beef
- Cuisine
- Asian
- Cooking method
- Stir fry
- Preparation & total time
- Quick dinners · Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
A few quick notes
1. Have the cooked rice ready
This version calls for rice that is already cooked. Have that ready before starting the pan, and keep its amount separate from dry rice when checking what you need.
2. Mix the thickener as directed
The thickening step has its own little bit of preparation. Follow the mixing step before adding it, then use the consistency check in the method as you finish.
3. Set out the first ingredients
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
Get to know the ingredients
Steak
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Tenderise beef 20 minutes, rinse, toss with 1.5 tbsp sauce.
Baking soda
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Sprinkle the baking soda over then use your fingers to toss the beef to coat as evenly as possible.
Soy sauce
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Tenderise beef 20 minutes, rinse, toss with 1.5 tbsp sauce.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Garnish with sesame seeds, if desired. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Set out the finishing ingredient
Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.
Have the pan ready for its first job
Read the pan-heating step before beginning. Have the ingredients for that stage ready, then follow the heat and additions in the recipe’s order.
Mix the sauce before its turn
Give the sauce mixture its own preparation step. Have it ready before the recipe calls for it in the pan or bowl, so you can keep moving through the method.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Read the first preparation step before you get going: Tenderise beef 20 minutes, rinse, toss with 1.5 tbsp sauce.
Which little step is worth remembering?
This version calls for rice that is already cooked. Have that ready before starting the pan, and keep its amount separate from dry rice when checking what you need.
What check should I look for as it cooks?
Keep this part of the method in view: Toss for another 30 seconds to 1 minute until they are just wilted, the sauce thickens and becomes glossy, coating everything nicely.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: RecipeTin Eats. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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