Stir-fried Korean Beef

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⏱ 20 mins 🍽 Serves 2 🌶 korean ✅ Easy 🏷 Main course

This fast Korean main course combines thinly sliced beef with fresh beansprouts and baby spinach. The dish is seasoned with a simple sauce of soy and mirin, then finished with toasted sesame seeds. It's a flavourful stir-fry that cooks in one pan and is ready to eat in 20 minutes, perfect for a speedy weeknight dinner. Serve it with rice for a complete meal.

Stir-fried Korean Beef

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp mirin or clear honey
  • 2 tsp cornflour mixed to a paste with 2 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 300g beef frying steak, thinly sliced
  • 1 garlic clove thinly sliced
  • 1 red chilli finely chopped
  • 3 spring onions sliced into small pieces
  • 300g pack beansprout
  • 100g bag baby spinach
  • handful sesame seeds toasted
  • cooked rice to serve (optional)

Method

  1. Combine the soy sauce, mirin or honey, and the cornflour paste in a small bowl. Warm the oil in a wok or large frying pan. Season the beef slices and cook them in batches until seared, then transfer to a plate and cover with foil. Cook the garlic and chilli next, then introduce the spring onions and beansprouts, stir-frying them for 2 mins.
  2. Place the beef back into the pan and add the spinach and the prepared sauce. Continue to stir-fry for another 2-3 mins until the spinach has fully wilted. Finish by scattering over the toasted sesame seeds and serve with rice if desired.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories470 kcal
Fat27 g
Saturates8 g
Carbs17 g
Sugars5 g
Fibre6 g
Protein40 g
Sodium720 mg
Salt1 g

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy
CategoryMain course
Cuisinekorean