Spicy Beef Pepper Stir Fry is a delicious healthy dinner choice full of red and green bell peppers, broccoli, onions and steak in a slightly spicy ginger garlic soy sauce.
I love stir-fry. Weekends are the perfect time to prepare stir fry. This Spicy Beef Pepper Stir Fry also referred to as pepper beef stir fry is an easy recipe with just the right amount of spice. With a little practice anyone can make perfect stir fry at home.
How to make stir fry at home
The key to excellent stir fry is heat. The oil should be almost to smoking point when you add the meat and veggies. Canola, peanut and vegetable oil are all good choices because they have a high smoke point. The key to good stir fry is high heat for short periods of time making your vegetables crisp tender. I cook my stir fry in at least three batches meat, veggies and sauce. I cook it in four batches if I have a large amount of veggies. You never want to crowd the wok or skillet.
We love stir fry! It is really not that time consuming if you prep and cut your veggies ahead of time. In fact the time in front of the wok is very brief and goes quite quickly. That wok will need your full attention for a few minutes.
Recipe notes and helpful tips
- Use oil with a high smoking point like canola, peanut or vegetable oil. Get the wok really hot.
- Don’t crowd the wok or skillet. Cook in batches and plate the veggies and meat.
- If your meat has a lot of moisture in it and it looks like your chicken or beef is boiling get the moisture out of the pan. You don’t want it to boil, you want it to stir fry.
- Cook the sauce last and add everything back to the pan for a quick warm up.
- Garlic can not be cooked at high heat as it will burn. Add it to wok with a larger group of vegetables that are done or almost done. Turn the heat down for thirty seconds and cook and then remove with rest of the veggies.
- Stir fry moves very fast and needs your full attention. This is not the time to call your bookie and place a bet.
Other stir fry dishes you will love.
- Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry
- Easy Basic Chicken Stir Fry
- Ginger Chicken Stir Fry
- Cabbage Bacon Sausage Stir Fry
- 15 Minute Lo Mein
This post was originally published July 24, 2014 and was republished June 14, 2018 with new relevant information and helpful hints.
PrintSpicy Beef & Pepper Stir-Fry
Spicy Beef Pepper Stir Fry is a healthy dinner choice full of red and green bell peppers, broccoli, onions and steak in a ginger garlic soy sauce.
- Prep Time: 25
- Cook Time: 20
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Main meal
- Method: Stir Fry
- Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients
- 1 lb strip steak trimmed and cut in bite size pieces.
- 2/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 2/3 cup water
- 3 tablespoons mirin
- 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 large red pepper cut in at least 1/2 inch strips
- 1 large green pepper cut in at least 1/2 inch strips
- 1 large onion diced
- 1 broccoli crown separated into large bite size pieces
- 3 garlic cloves finely minced
- canola oil
- 3–4 teaspoons sriracha
Instructions
- Combine soy sauce, water, mirin, Worcestershire sauce, ginger, garlic powder and cornstarch in a medium ceramic bowl. Mix with whisk. Pour half of the mixture into a large Ziploc bag and add beef strips and allow to marinade for 30-90 minutes. Refrigerate while marinating.
- Heat wok with 1 – 2 tablespoons canola oil until smoking. Your wok should be very hot. Swirl to coat the wok. Shake the beef in the marinade to get the cornstarch mixed again. Remove the beef from the marinade and carefully add to the wok. Discard the marinade. Cook for about 3-4 minutes stirring halfway through. Remove the steak, cover and keep warm.
- Add another tablespoon of canola oil over high heat. Swirl again to coat the wok. Add the broccoli and cook for about 1-2 minutes stirring once. Add the peppers and onions and cook for 2-3 minutes stirring once or twice. Reduce heat to low and add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.. Remove all veggies from wok, cover and keep warm.
- Whisk the the remaining soy sauce mixture and add to the wok and bring to a lowl boil. Stir until slightly thickened. Add the cooked beef and vegetables back to the wok. Add 3-4 teaspoons of sriracha to taste. Stir and heat for 1-2 minutes and serve,
Notes
- Add the sriracha 1/2 teaspoon at a time and taste. Everyone’s heat tolerance is different.
- Use oil with a high smoking point like canola, peanut or vegetable oil. Get the wok really hot.
- Don’t crowd the wok or skillet. Cook in batches and plate the veggies and meat.
- If your meat has a lot of moisture in it and it looks like your chicken or beef is boiling get the moisture out of the pan. You don’t want it to boil, you want it to stir fry.
- Cook the sauce last and add everything back to the pan for a quick warm up.
- Garlic can not be cooked at high heat as it will burn. Add it to wok with a larger group of vegetables that are done or almost done. Turn the heat down for thirty seconds and cook and then remove with rest of the veggies.
- Stir fry moves very fast and needs your full attention. This is not the time to call your bookie and place a bet.
Keywords: how to make beef stir fry, beef stir fry marinade, beef stir fry sauce
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Judy
Looks good will have to give it a try.
bpierce
Thanks. I love stir fry!
Heather
I tried this and it was Great!!! My son ate it so that means it was good. Will be making again for sure!!!
bpierce
So glad you liked it. I love the compliments. It keeps me cooking!
Romy
Yes ! Made this tonight, I had just bought siracha and was the first time I’d used it !! Very Good !!
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much! I am so glad that you liked it!!
Martha knight
Looks delicious! I need to know what mirin is and sirs ha also!
bpierce
Mirin is sweetened sake and sriracha is hot chili sauce. Both are available in local grocery stores in the Asian food section. Happy cooking!
Debbie
Is mirin a spice in a container ???
Debbie
Is Mirin in spice area?? & comes in its own container???
bpierce
Mirin is sweetened sake and if available would be in the Asian section of your grocery. It is liquid. If unavailable substitute 3/4 teaspoon sugar mixed with 2 tablespoons of sherry.
bpierce
My apologies. I thought I responded to this a long time ago. Mirin is sweetened sake and can be found in the Asian section of quality grocery stores. It is in liquid form.
Linda fox
I can’t wait to make this. I don’t have a wok so I’ll use a lg skillet. Also do you have a recipe for hot and sour soup? Thank you for your recipes.
Beth Pierce
No I sure don’t but I sure do love hot & sour soup. That is a great thing to add to my list!! Thanks!
Stephanie
I am trying this tonight!! It looks delicious
bpierce
It is delicious! How did you like it?
Linda
Made this last night, Delicious!!
Beth Pierce
Thanks Linda! So glad that you liked it!!
Angie
I made this tonight. It was delicious. I doubled the recipe. I think by doing that it was a little too salty. Any recommendations for next time if I use less soy sauce? I did use low sodium soy. I think it’s because I had to make double the recipe. It was still very delicious. Thanks.
bpierce
Glad that you enjoyed it. If it was too salty for your taste I think that I would cut back on the low sodium soy sauce and replace the difference with water. Maybe 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce and 2/3 cup water. Happy cooking!
Fabiola
Picture looked delicious! I had to try. It came out fabulous. I added jalapeños because we like it spicy. Thanks for the new recipe.
bpierce
Glad it turned out great. Have you checked out my Jalapeno Popper Grilled Cheese ?
Emmett Robichaux
where can I find your jalapeno Popper recipe
Beth Pierce
I have several. Are you looking for the grilled cheese?
Teresa
Going to try this today looks fantastic
bpierce
It is delish. Let me know what you think!!! Happy Cooking!!
Teresa
I am going to try this today it looks so good
Merle Dyess
Good Stir-fry. Thanks
bpierce
You are most welcome!
Reilly
Yum! I loved this sauce- I hate buying pre-made sauces because they always have gross ingredients, but I also usually can’t re-create the yumminess! This sauce was delicious, as was the whole meal!
bpierce
Yes pre-made sauces are gross. Glad you liked it. Sorry about the delay in responding. It seems all of my comments are not showing up in my email!!
BJ
How much canola and sesame oil? I see the recipe says 1 but I didn’t see the measurement with it. Thanks!
bpierce
2 tablespoons sesame oil and 1 tablespoon canola oil. You might need a tidbit more if things start sticking!!
Emily
I added more steak and more Sriracha because we like it more spicy. I personally don’t like the taste of Sriracha too much, but putting it in this dish made it taste different. It was very yummy and I think it paired nicely with quinoa. Thank you very much! Very easy to make an we definitely enjoyed!
bpierce
Glad that you enjoyed it and thanks for letting us know that your changes were delicious as well!! 🙂
Roxanne
This was sooooooo amazing! I accidentally added 3 TBSP corn starch (extra calories…but still wonderful!) and I added a jalapeno to the veggies. We also added sriracha to our individual serving to make it as hot as we preferred. Thanks for sharing this- I think we will make this one often!
bpierce
Thanks so much! You made my day. So glad that you liked it. I need to make this again soon! 🙂
George
Could this be done in a cast iron Dutch oven?
bpierce
It could but the result will be different. You might be able to get the dutch oven hot enough to quickly cook the food. I am sure that you know the object behind stir frying is to cook your veggies crisp tender. Try it and let me know. I love my dutch oven. I have several wonderful recipes out here that go in the dutch oven. One is my Chinese Five Spice Ribs and the other is my Pulled Pork & Slaw Sliders Yummo!
Ila
This will be one of my go to recipes. Made this for dinner. We both loved it . Thank you so much.
bpierce
You are most welcome. I love receiving complements. It keeps me moving and loving it. Thank you! 🙂
J Wells
Is it ok to marinade the meat longer? I’d like to leave it till about 5 but don’t know if it will ruin the meat sitting in the marinade for hrs.
bpierce
Oh gosh I am so sorry I just saw this. I think it should have been fine. How did it turn out? Sorry again! Small teenager crisis!
Stephanie
This turned out awesome. Thanks it will be a regular item on our menu.
bpierce
That is great. So glad that you liked it!!
Nelly
This was fabulous! This will definitely be a regular on my menu! Thank you!
Beth Pierce
Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed it!!
Mary
Hi, I’m looking forward to trying your receipts, need to stock up on my ingredients first. So very glad to have found you! Mary
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much! Go to have you aboard!
Rick McLearnon
Do you really use 3-4 teaspoons sriracha, I tried 2 and was way to spicy for me, blisters on the lips. Should it have been 3/4 teaspoon?
Beth Pierce
Sorry to hear about your blisters. Yes I really do. I have had people tell me it is not hot enough. I guess everyone has a different heat tolerance. I am going to put a note on the recipe right now. Thanks for the heads up!
lidia
iam living in U.K and i don tknow what is mirin and sriracha? where can i buy them?
Beth Pierce
Good morning. Sorry about the delay. The kids have been ill and things are just really crazy right now. Mirin is sweetened sake and I find it the Asian section of my grocery. It is not a key ingredient if you can not find it. Sriracha is hot chili sauce also found in the Asian section of my grocery. You may have a different type of hot chili sauce that would work.
melanie tibbetts
Ty for all the great ideas…Sarachi is my favorite….I put it in everything….Beer,soup,salad…
Beth Pierce
I love it too although I have never tried it in my beer!!
Cheryl Graves
I made this dish today, it’s delicious! I timed everything as directed, the vegetables still had a slight crunch, not over cooked. The meat is very tender as I used flank.
I avoided the sriracha as i’m cooking for the elderly.
Served over a bed of steamed rice!
I would definitely make this dish again!
Beth Pierce
Awesome! I am so glad that you liked it! Thanks for leaving such a sweet note! I love that stir fry as well.
Felicia
I have made many stir fry’s and this is the best one yet! So often sauces are too sweet, not this one and it had the perfect amount of heat. I used dry sherry as I didn’t have mirin, but I have since bought some and will be making this again, thank you!
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Felicia. It is very kind of you to leave such a sweet comment. I like that recipe too. I hope you enjoy cooking with Mirin. I like to add just a touch of it to a lot of my Asian dishes.
Lakeya Ruidiaz
Can i marinate the meat over night and it still be okay
Beth Pierce
Not on that one. The salt in the soy sauce will start to chemically cook the meat.
Courtney
We love this recipe so much! Having a few friends over and want to make it. Do you think it can be made in a crockpot?
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much! Sorry but I think this is one recipe that would not work well in a crock pot.
Marc B
Verrrry good
★★★★★
Beth Pierce
Thanks Mark! I am glad that you liked it!
Scotty P.
I cannot wait to try this, spicy stir-fry is my favorite thing to eat. After looking a lot of other stir-fry recipes, yours looked the most appealing to me by far. So happy to have found you and can’t wait to try this as well as other recipes!
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Scotty! I really enjoy stir fry too. It is one of our favorite things to eat as well. I sure hope you enjoy it and I look forward to hearing from you!
Kerry
Could this be made not spicy?? My hubby and I can’t do the spice. Thank you
Beth Pierce
Sure just omit the sriracha.
Donna
This recipe looks very good . I love stir fry . Is the ginger minced or grated ? Thank you
Dawn Conklin
This looks so delicious 🙂 I am the only one who enjoys spice so I will probably leave the sriracha out and just add piri piri pepper to my plate at the table. I have my own stash of pepper powders on the table haha!
Beth Pierce
Sounds like a great plan Dawn! Enjoy and have a fabulous weekend.
Gerri Drahnak
Thanks for a great and easy recipe. Love the sauce and easy to add a variety of veggies (what is available in the fridge). Found this earlier this year and it is my go to find. Thanks, Beth.
Beth Pierce
Thanks Gerri! So glad that you like it! It is an easy delicious stir fry recipe.
Capri Lilly
I made this for my family for a quick weeknight meal. Everyone loved it! Thanks to the recipe
★★★★★
Alisa Infanti
I had a whole bunch of veggies to use up this week and this was perfect! My family loves this recipe.
★★★★★
Soniya
Drooling here! One of my favorite take out recipes… And now I can easily enjoy it at home… Yum
Lauren
I made this tonight for the family, everyone loved it! I didn’t have low sodium soy sauce so I used regular soy sauce which made it a little too salty, but next time will get the low sodium soy sauce. Also it was a forgiving recipe, I forgot to let the sauce cook by itself and just added to the veggies then added the meat. Definitely will be making this again! Thank you!
★★★★★
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Lauren! So glad that you liked it. Yes it is a very forgiving recipe!