Short and Direct Beef Stir-Fry Recipes

We currently live in a beef county, which means we do eat beef often these days. We do grill steaks often with beef, roast sometimes, and simmer stews occasionally. But when it comes to the moment that we have to make a dinner in a hurry, we always look for one cooking method that we prefer.

The tender juicy beef slices paired with vegetables in the flavorful sauce…, yes, we are talking about beef stir-fries. Here are our top 6 short beef stir-fry recipes that we posted in our blog. Most of them are direct and can be prepared less than 30 minutes. These are tried and true recipes that our family endorsed and many of our readers loved.

1. Beef and Cucumber Stir-Fry

If you never tried cucumber in a stir-fry, you should. You will love the crunchiness of cucumber with tender beef. This is one of our go-to recipe when we only have 15 minutes to make dinner. With only 2 main ingredients, you will get a scrumptious meal ready for you. Therefore this is steady beef stir-fry recipe for warm days, or any days.

2. Orange Beef

Our take on the ever popular Chinese orange beef! People who have tried the recipe raved. We posted this recipe in a Korean community column, and it became a huge hit. You will love the unfussy method to create crispy beef smothered in orange sauce made with fresh orange juice. If you like a sweet and savory dish, this orange beef will be adorned by both young and old.

3. Beef and Peppers Stir-Fry in Black Bean Sauce

Black Bean Sauce is one of our favorite Chinese sauce we like to cook with. Tender beef paired with crisp sweet peppers in mouth-watering black bean sauce! You gotta make sure to eat this stir-fry when it is popping hot to enjoy all the greatness. This is one of the quickest stir-fry dish that can be made in about 15 minutes or so. So good~!

4. Banana Bulgogi (Korean Beef with Banana)

Tender savory Korean beef called “Bulgogi (불고기)” is paired with banana. This modern twist on classic Korean beef may sound weird but it is amazingly tasty. Although the old-style Korean beef requires many hours of marination, you can cook this one fairly soon with this recipe.

5. Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

This is perhaps one of the most popular Chinese take-out dishes. A classic! It seems like there are gazillion recipes out there, but we hope you can try our version.

6. Beef with Ginger and Green Onion

If you like gingery flavored stir-fries, this one is for you. Tender beef stir-fried with fresh ginger and green onion. This is another of our go-to beef stir-fry recipes that we cook often. We love all the flavors mingled in one dish. Short, savory and good for you.

All these scrumptious beef stir-fry dishes makes us feel hungry now. We have some beef sirloin in our freezer and we are going to thaw out and make a stir-fry for dinner tonight. Just need to decide which one. Hope you find a dish you love and give it a try. You won’t be disappointed.

~ the cook