Secret to Making Super Tender Beef & Onion Stir Fry 双葱炒嫩牛肉 Chinese Beef / Meat / Protein Recipe

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and often less expensive than beef.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces sodium intake.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil offers healthier fats.

cornstarch

🥗Healthier: arrowroot powder

💰Cheaper: flour

Arrowroot is a gluten-free thickener.

Clean the beef and remove the membrane and connective tissue.

Slice the beef thinly against the grain.

Marinate the beef with half a tablespoon of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce, half a teaspoon of sugar, a few dashes of white pepper, and 60 mL of water.

Add 1 teaspoon of corn flour to the marinated beef and mix well.

Let the beef marinate for 20 minutes.

Prepare the sauce by mixing 60 mL of water, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, half a tablespoon of light soy sauce, half a tablespoon of dark soy sauce, half a teaspoon of sugar, and a little bit of white pepper.

Add 1 tablespoon of corn flour to the sauce and mix well.

Heat more oil in a pan over medium heat and add the white parts of 4 stalks of spring onion, frying until fragrant.

Add 1 whole yellow onion and cook until slightly softened, then push aside.

Add the marinated beef and cook for approximately 2 minutes without stirring, then stir to cook evenly for about 4 minutes.

Add the prepared sauce and increase the heat to thicken the sauce, then add the remaining spring onions and mix well.

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