Stir Fry Asparagus Beef – Better Than Takeout!
You definitely won’t have to order takeout with this Stir Fry Asparagus Beef recipe. Today, we’re making it at home – but better than takeout! This recipe is a hearty lunch or dinner that takes only 15 minutes, and tastes just like the Chinese restaurants. It’s an easy homemade recipe you’ll have again and again!
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Asparagus Beef: A Classic Chinese Takeout Dish
Asparagus Beef is a Chinese takeout classic, This combination of savory steak cubes and sweet asparagus is a rice killer for sure. Even with just the sauce, I can easily finish a bowl of rice.
Today, we’re making it better: we’re making a MORE tender, MUCH juicier Asparagus Beef! Today, I used steak as the beef in this dish, since making it at home means you can choose better cuts. Plus, we’re prepping our steak by slicing it in cubes, and marinating.
Tips For Preparing Better Than Takeout Beef
Restaurants often use cheaper cuts of steaks for their stir fry Asparagus Beef, and cutting in cubes makes a less chewy bite. I recommend a cut with more marbling and fat: tenderloin, sirloin, New York, or rib-eye. Depending on how well done you prefer your beef, you can adjust the cooking time.
To get tender, flavorful beef in their stir-fry, my friend who worked at a Chinese restaurant actually has a great tip: marinating the steak with some baking soda. It’s honestly a game-changer!
Stir Fry Asparagus Beef Ingredients
- 18-20 oz steak
- 30 stalks asparagus cut into 2 inch pieces
- 10-12 cloves garlic whole cloves
Beef Marinade
- 1.5 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp oil
Sauce
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- Cut steak into bite size pieces
- Marinate with the beef marinade for 15 minutes.
- In the mean time, mix together chicken stock, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, and corn starch for the sauce.
- In a pan, turn head to medium high, once oil is hot add in steak. Let it sit for 30 seconds so sides can brown
- Sauté for 2-3 minutes or until brown on all sides. Set aside.
- In the same pan, add in garlic and sauté for 3-4 minutes or until golden brown
- Once the oil is infused with garlic, add in asparagus. Sauté for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the steak back in and drizzle in the sauce. Turn the heat to high and sauté for 1-2 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
Make All Your Favorite Takeout Dishes Better At Home!
Stir Fried Beef & Asparagus
By Tiffy Cooks
Ingredients
- 18-20 oz steak
- 30 stalks asparagus cut into 2 inch pieces
- 10-12 cloves garlic whole cloves
Beef Marinade
- 1.5 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp oil
Sauce
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp corn starch
Instructions
- Cut steak into bite size pieces.
- Marinate with the beef marinade for 15 min.
- In the mean time, mix together chicken stock, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, corn starch for the sauce.
- In a pan, turn head to medium high, once oil is hot add in steak. Let it sit for 30 seconds so sides can brown.
- Sauté for 2-3 mins or until brown on all sides. Set aside.
- In the same pan, add in garlic and sauté for 3-4 min or until golden brown.
- Once the oil is infused with garlic, add in asparagus. Sauté for 2-3 min
- Add the steak back in and drizzle in the sauce. Turn the heat to high and sauté for 1-2 min or until the sauce has thickened.
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Tastes like the teriyaki beef you get in Taiwan!
Very Delicious!
Very good and quick to prepare!
Excellent!!!! So easy to make!!
Pretty easy to make! I even added some diced bell pepper and baby Bella mushrooms, so delicious! My daughter couldn’t stop eating the beef when usually it takes a lot to get her to eat her proteins! Hope it’s healthy bc this is going into the rotation. Thank you!
I doubled the recipe and maybe I messed it up. The flavor was nice! But I’m a texture person and the sauce got so unappealingly slimy and thick. Because there was no offense to the taste I just removed everything from the sauce.
I was following the instructions and no where did it say to remove the beef from the pan. My beef was a bit over cooked, but this recipe was very tasty.