5.0 from 15 votes
Quick & Easy Beef with Black Bean Sauce
Ultra tender beef stir fried in a delicious savory black bean garlic sauce with bell peppers, snow peas, and ginger. This quick and easy beef with black bean sauce is made in one pan! A tasty main dish for the whole family to enjoy.
Prep Time
23 mins
Cook Time
23 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 321 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Chinese
Ingredients
- ½ lb flank steak or sub with skirt steak, hanger steak, flat iron steak or tri tip steak
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 cup Snow peas ends trimmed (or sub with snap peas)
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ inch ginger peeled and sliced
- ¼ cup water cold
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
Beef Marinade:
- ½ tablespoon Regular soy sauce (not dark soy sauce)
- 2 teaspoon cornstarch or sub with potato starch/tapioca starch
- 1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine or sub with rice vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon white pepper or sub with black pepper
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
Stir-fry Sauce:
- 3 tablespoon black bean garlic sauce
- ½ tablespoon oyster sauce or sub with vegetarian stir fry sauce
- 2 teaspoon white granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon Shaoxing wine or sub with rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil toasted kind
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch or sub with potato starch/tapioca starch
- ½ cup chicken stock unsalted (or sub with beef or vegetable stock)
Instructions
- Thinly slice flank steak against the grain on an angle into ¼-inch thick pieces. Transfer beef into a large bowl. Tip: to easily slice steak thinly, freeze thawed flank steak for 45-60 mins. Once it’s hardened on the surface, it'll be much easier to slice into thin pieces with a sharp knife.
- Marinate beef with Marinade ingredients as listed above for 20 minutes.
- In a small bowl combine Stir Fry Sauce ingredients. Set aside.
- In a wok or large frying pan on medium heat, heat vegetable oil or any neutral oil. Fry marinated beef in hot oil in a single layer until 95% cooked. Remove and set aside.
- Increase to medium-high heat, add ginger, garlic, red bell pepper, snow peas into pan. Then add cold water. Cook until veggies are crisp but tender, about 1 minute.
- Pour in stir fry sauce. Mix with veggies. Simmer sauce to thicken.
- Once sauce has thickened, add back in cooked beef. Toss everything together. Serve and enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Calories
321kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
26g
(9%)
Protein
31g
(62%)
Fat
9g
(14%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Cholesterol
70mg
(23%)
Sodium
788mg
(33%)
Potassium
709mg
(20%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
2398IU
(48%)
Vitamin C
107mg
(119%)
Calcium
62mg
(6%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 321
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 321kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 26g | 9% |
| Protein | 31g | 62% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 70mg | 23% |
| Sodium | 788mg | 33% |
| Potassium | 709mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 2398IU | 48% |
| Vitamin C | 107mg | 119% |
| Calcium | 62mg | 6% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.