Sesame Beef and Asparagus Stir Fry

Submitted by donnacooks

"Get out the chopsticks it' s chinese for dinner tonight. This recipe goes together easily if you do all the prep work before starting to cook. This is an easy family supper that has everything meat, side and vegetable in one dish."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon chopped gingerroot
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 cups water
• 2 (3 ounce) beef-flavor ramen noodles (plus seasoning packet)
• 4 scallions, sliced
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons oil (divided)
• 1 lb boneless sirloin, thinly sliced across grain
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 lb asparagus, thinly sliced diagonally
• toasted sesame seeds
• green onion (to garnish)

directions

1. In a bowl mix together, soy,rice vinegar, hoisin sauce, brown sugar, chopped ginger, 2 tsps. sesame oil cornstarch and pepper flakes, set aside.
2. To 2 cups boiling water andd two beef ramen noodles, 1 seasoning packet, 4 scallions and 1 teaspoons sesame oil. Cook one minute, remove from heat; let stand covered.
3. In a large skillet heat oil, add boneless sirloin and garlic and stir fry until lightly browned. Remove beef, keep warm. Add second Tbls. of oil add asparagus; stir fry until done to your taste.
4. Add beef and soy mixture to skillet. Stir fry until thickened. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seed and more green onions. Toss with noodles and serve.

Reviews

[nelbunny0057]

Used brown rice instead of noodles. I did not have brown sugar so I used 1 Tbspn maple sugar. Plan on using some mushrooms next time. Loved the sauce.

 

[Sophia Voychehovski]

sauce was awesome! Easy and fun to make. Really salty. So would suggest rice noodles or pass on the ramen seasoning. We added mushroom which was perfect. Will prob try again with chicken.

 

[peppergrrl]

We enjoyed this sauce. It was great with the beef and asparagus. I will use rice next time because we didn't care much for the ramen noodles.

 

[kelly.lawver]

Prep time is definitely longer than 10 min unless you are very skilled with a knife, but it is well worth the effort. Just enough kick from the red pepper flakes, and a really nice flavor. I've never added sesame seeds to a stir fry before, but they were an excellent finishing touch.

 

[Mika G.]

This was great! Loved the flavor of the sauce and the steak was so tender. We did add cremini mushrooms with the asparagus. It was fantastic! My husband wants to try it next time with shrimp and have it over our Korean rice. That sounds good too! This dish is so versatile!