Updated on December 26th, 2023
It’s time for more Chinese food; here is a delicious recipe for ginger beef. Ginger beef is crispy strips of steak tossed with a sweet and spicy sauce. If you are a fan of Mongolian beef, you will love this recipe. As pretty much always, I deep fried the steak strips but they can be fried in the work as well in about 1 inch of oil. This dish uses vegetables such as green onions and carrots but you could add others as well. It calls for 3 teaspoons of red pepper flakes but you can add more or less to adjust it to your tastes. Serve with white rice. Enjoy.
(Makes 2 Servings)
Ginger Beef Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb sirloin steak (sliced into thin strips)
- ¾ cup cornstarch
- A ½ cup of water
- 2 eggs
- 1 large carrot (julienned)
- 3 green onions (chopped)
- ¼ cup fresh ginger (minced)
- 5 garlic cloves (minced)
- Canola oil (for frying)
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- A ½ cup of sugar
- 3 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Instructions
- In a bowl add cornstarch, gradually add water while whisking. Beat eggs into cornstarch/water mixture.
- Add sliced steak strips and toss to coat. Pour 1 inch of oil into a wok, heat oil to 375 degrees or until oil is hot enough to fry the steak strips. Add a quarter of the steak strips at a time to the work. Separate with a fork and cook stirring frequently until crispy.
- Drain on paper towels. Repeat until all the steak is gone (*you can also use a deep fryer for this).
Drain all oil out of the work except for 1 tablespoon. Add green onion, carrots, ginger, and garlic. Stir fry for 30 seconds-1 minute. - In a small bowl combine soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, sugar, and red pepper flakes. Add to the wok and bring the mixture to a boil. Add beef, heat through and serve.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1184Total Fat: 52gSaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 30gCholesterol: 395mgSodium: 1540mgCarbohydrates: 105gFiber: 3gSugar: 52gProtein: 71g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate.
Thank you so much for posting this recipe. Ginger beef is my absolute favourite dish. I’ll be making this very soon.
Made it today – great recipe. A bit spicy though with 3 tspns of crushed red pepper. But great otherwise! Also, my meat turned to be too crispy – but that’s my own fault 🙂
i just stumbled upon this website when i googled a recipe and wow this blog is awesome. i will def try like 90% of these recipes. thanks so much. the pics are awesome too btw!
Looks absolutely delicious!
I know what I amgoing to cook tonight.
This one is added to my poersonnal book, thank you!!
Ginger stir-fry recipes are the best! There’s something so fragrant and lovely about them. Looks great 🙂
This looks delicious! I love beef and ginger… I am making this recipe next week!
I don’t use ginger nearly enough as I should, it’s such a great flavor and goes so well with beef. This looks great!
sounds delicious!! will try soon!!
I love your Chinese recipes!!
And yeah I made it, that was delicious and I published a post about it!
Made it last night Bobby, its yet another delicious chinese recipe! Fantastic mate keep them coming 🙂
Hey Bobby-
Is there anything I can use to replace rice vinegar?
brooke- sure, try cider vinegar.
Looks interesting, with some modifications for speed I’ll give it a try for my food vending business, thank you.
This recipe is one of my faves, I make it and serve it over chinese noodles. I will never order ginger beef again, this is so fantastic, mmmmmm did I mention how awesome this recipe is??
A 1/4 CUP of ginger?
michelle- yes 1/4 cup of fresh ginger.
Very easy and delicious – thank you so much. Where can I see more of your recipes. xxxx
my husband just made absolutely delicious.
I do not have fresh ginger how much powdered ginger do I use?