For this beef and green bean stir-fry, you’ll want to have all your ingredients ready to go, because once you start cooking, you’ll need less than 10 minutes!
Ingredients
- sirloin or sirloin tip, sliced thinly across the grain: 1 pound
- 1/2 teaspoons baking soda: 1 piece
- cornstarch: 3 Tbsp
- water: 0.33333 cup
- sugar: 1 tsp
- soy sauce: 6 Tbsp
- 1/2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine: 1 piece
- Chinese 5-spice powder: 0.25 tsp
- ground white pepper: 0.125 tsp (to taste)
- vegetable oil: 2 Tbsp (or more if needed)
- vertically sliced onion (about 1/2 onion): 0.66667 cup
- carrots: 0.5 cup (matchstick-cut)
- frozen French-cut green beans: 1 pack (1 pound pack, thawed)
- garlic: 4 clove (minced)
- (2-inch) piece fresh ginger: 1 piece (grated)
- beef stock or broth: 1 cup
- sesame oil: 1 tsp (to taste)
- hot cooked rice or cauliflower rice: 2 cups
- sesame seeds: 1 tsp (optional)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Spread sirloin strips on a plate or shallow bowl in a single layer. Sprinkle baking soda over the strips and toss lightly to coat. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
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Rinse meat strips with tap water and blot with paper towels to dry.
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Stir cornstarch and water together in a small mixing bowl, making sure there are no lumps. Add sugar, soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, Chinese 5-spice powder, and white pepper. Stir to combine.
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Remove all but 2 tablespoons of the liquid mixture from the mixing bowl and reserve. Add meat strips to the 2 tablespoons of liquid and toss to coat.
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Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet or wok over high heat, and add the meat slices, spreading them flat. Cook undisturbed for 1 minute, then stir and cook another minute.
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Stir in onion slices, julienned carrots, and green beans. Cook, stirring constantly, 1 to 2 minutes.
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Add garlic and ginger. Cook and stir for about 30 seconds, and add the reserved liquid mixture and 1 cup stock or broth. Stir frequently until the vegetables are tender-crisp and the sauce is bubbly, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in sesame oil, to taste.
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Serve over hot cooked rice or cauliflower rice. Garnish with sesame seeds, if desired.
