Mandarin Beef Stir Fry Recipes

MANDARIN BEEF STIR-FRY

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first five ingredients; remove half and set aside. Add beef to remaining marinade; cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes. In a large skillet or wok, stir-fry vegetables in oil for 2 minutes; remove and keep warm. , Drain and discard marinade. In the same skillet, stir-fry beef until no longer pink. Add the oranges and reserved vegetables. Combine the cornstarch and reserved marinade until smooth; add to skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve over rice.

TERIYAKI BEEF STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Cut the beef into 1-by-2-by-1/4-inch strips. Put in a bowl and coat with the brown sugar, lime zest, 3 tablespoons of the soy sauce and some black pepper. Set aside for a few minutes while you make the sauce.
• Whisk together the teriyaki sauce, cornstarch, sesame oil, rice vinegar, lime juice and remaining 3 tablespoons soy sauce in a bowl.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil. Add the beef and stir-fry until brown around the edges, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove to a plate and keep warm.
• Add the remaining 2 tablespoons vegetable oil to the skillet. Add the garlic, ginger and jalapeno and cook for 30 seconds. Add the green beans, carrots and bell pepper and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the snow peas. Add the beef with its juices and the sauce and cook for another minute.
• Serve over rice and garnish with scallions and sesame seeds.

BEEF, MANDARIN AND BOK CHOY STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Slice the steak into thin strips and place in a bowl. Add the crushed garlic and season to taste with salt, freshly ground black pepper and grated fresh ginger. Cover the meat with soy sauce. Add the dry cooking sherry. Stir together, cover and place in the fridge, for several hours or preferably overnight. The longer the meat marinates the better.
• Heat a little of the oil in a non-stick wok or large non-stick sauté pan.
• Fry the onion, until it begins to soften, remove and set aside.
• Add the rest of the oil to the wok, and on a very high heat, keeping the beef strips moving constantly, fry the meat, so that it is browned on all sides and the juices are sealed inches.
• Slightly lower the heat and return the onion to the pan.
• Add the mandarin juice.
• Cook down for a few minutes until the liquid begins to reduces.
• Stirring constantly, slowly add the chicken stock, a little at a time, and continue to cook down to reduce the liquid.
• Once the liquid has reduced to almost nothing (no more than say a tablespoon), add the bok choy and the mandarin segments.
• Turn the heat down and, still stirring and tossing gently, cook until the vegetables are cooked as you like them. Remember: less is best!
• Still tossing gently, add the snow peas to the wok for the last 30 seconds.
• Remove from the heat.
• Serve in four serving bowls over steamed rice.

MANDARIN BEEF STIR-FRY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine, the first five ingredients; remove half, set aside.
• Add sliced beef to remaining marinade; cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• In a large skillet or wok, stir-fry veggies in oil for 2 mins; remove, keep warm.
• Drain, and discard the marinade.
• In the same skillet, stir-fry the beef, until no longer pink.
• Add the reserved veggies.
• Combine the cornstarch and reserved marinade until smooth; add to skillet.
• Bring to boil; cook and stir for 2 mins, or until thickened.
• Serve over rice.