Beef Stir Fry with Honey and Black Pepper Sauce
A quick Chinese-style dish featuring tender beef in a sticky, sweet-savory sauce with black pepper heat, ready in 15 minutes.
Ingredients
- 2½ tbsp soy sauce
- 3 tbsp honey
- 1½ tbsp oyster sauce (or hoisin)
- 1½ tbsp Chinese cooking wine, mirin, or dry sherry
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp peanut, vegetable, or canola oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- ½ onion, sliced
- 500g thinly sliced beef (tenderloin, flank, sirloin, or similar)
Original recipe: https://www.recipetineats.com/chinese-beef-with-honey-and-black-pepper-sauce/
Method
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Mix all sauce ingredients in a bowl.
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Heat oil in wok or large skillet over high heat until smoking.
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Add onion and garlic; cook 1 minute until translucent, stirring constantly.
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Add beef and stir fry 1 minute until cooked to preference; remove to bowl.
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Reduce heat to medium-high, pour in sauce; simmer 1 minute until syrupy.
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Return beef and onion to wok with any pooled juices; toss 1 minute until warm.
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Serve immediately with rice.