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Beef Recipes

Chinese beef recipes - Information and resources pertaining to preparing Chinese food made with beef, including stir-fried and deep fried beef dishes. Includes Cantonese, Pekingese, and Szechuan beef recipes.

Basic Beef Stir-fry Recipe

Beef stir-fry - made with frozen stir-fry vegetables and storebought stir-fry sauce, this basic beef stir-fry recipe is very easy to make.

Beef Braised in Soy Sauce (Red Cooked Beef)

This is an example of Chinese red cooking, where meats are stewed in soy sauce and water.

Beef Curry

Chinese beef curry recipe - Introduced to China by Indian monks, curry dishes are popular in Southern China. For best results, use the Indian curry brands in this beef curry recipe.

Beef Curry - Low Carb

A few simple changes to the above recipe for beef curry turn it into a low carb dish.

Beef Lo Mein

Egg noodles and beef are tossed in a flavorful oyster sauce.

Beef Stir-fry Recipe - Spring Beef on Egg Noodles

An easy beef and noodles dish topped with toasted sesame seeds and cooked with healthy olive oil.

Beef Stir-fry Recipes

Here are my favorite beef stir-fry recipes, from beef with oyster sauce to beef with black bean sauce.

Beef With Broccoli, Restaurant Style

Beef with Broccoli - The secret to this recipe is to cook the beef in 1 cup of oil to seal in the juices and to steam the broccoli so that it's crisp and tender.

Beef With Broccoli

An easy stir-fry recipe for beef with broccoli.

Beef With Celery

Beef With Celery - an easy stir-fry pairing beef with celery.

Beef With Chinese Green Beans Recipe

Beef with chinese green beans - the green beans are dry-fried, which makes them extra tender.

Beef With Ginger Recipe

Beef with Ginger - A recipe for deep-fried beef with ginger juice, from the Chinese Cuisine recipe collection

Beef With Oyster Sauce Recipe

Oyster sauce enhances the natural flavor of beef in this quick and easy stir-fry recipe.

Beef With Oyster Sauce and Asparagus - Deep-fry

Flank steak is deep-fried and then stir-fried with asparagus in oyster sauce.

Beef With Peppers in Black Bean Sauce

Beef and bell peppers are cooked with a savory black bean sauce in this Cantonese home-cooked dish.

Beef With Peppers in Spicy Black Bean Sauce

Beef seasoned with a spicy sauce made with fermented black beans and spicy chile paste.

Beef with Red Onions Recipe

Red onion adds a distinctive flavor to this dish.

Beef With Rice Noodles and Fermented Black Beans

Sliced beef and fresh rice noodles are seasoned with savory Chinese black beans in this easy stir-fry. (Recipe submitted by a reader).

Beef With Sesame Seeds

Stir-fried beef is coated in a honey sauce and topped with toasted sesame seeds.

Beef With Snow Peas

Blanching the beef in oil and the snow peas in water adds extra flavor to this recipe.

Beef With String Beans

Blanching the string beans before stir-frying helps seal in their color and flavor.

Chinese Beef Recipes

Over thirty recipes from my Recipe File, including Mongolian Beef, Beef chop suey, Beef in Oyster Sauce, and a stew made with chestnuts.

Cold Spiced Beef Appetizer

A recipe for spiced beef, a cold beef dish that gains much of its flavor from star anise, one of the ingredients in Chinese five spice powder.

Beef With Tomatoes

Sugar balances the tart flavor of tomato in this Cantonese homecooked dish.

Beef With Tomatoes

Brown sugar adds a bit of extra flavor in this version.

Chinese Beef Stew

This stew is loaded with vegetables, from bok choy to carrots and baby corn.

Chinese Steak With Peppers

Chinese steak - Beef steak is stir-fried with a spicy barbeque sauce.

Ginger Beef, Authentic

A more authentic version of ginger beef than the classic restaurant dish, made with red ginger.

Ginger Beef, Restauant Style

A recipe for ginger beef, the classic take-out dish.

Ginger Beef With Tabasco Sauce

Ginger Beef - beef is marinated in ginger juice and deep-fried, and then stir-fried with hot Tabasco sauce.

Ground Beef Fried Rice

Ground Beef Fried Rice - Marinated ground beef and curry powder add extra flavor to heating rice in this easy fried rice recipe.

Hawaiian Beef Stew

Garlic and soy sauce give this Hawaiian dish an Oriental flavor.

Honey Beef Stir-fry Recipe

Sweet honey and tart black rice vinegar make an intriguing combination in this stir-fry recipe.

Lucky Beef With Three Vegetables

Stir-fried Beef with Three Vegetables recipe - A quick and easy stir-fry recipe with mushrooms, red onions, and bok choy.

Mongolian Beef

A recipe from northern China.

Northern Beef With Onion

Stir-fried beef with onions, seasoned with sesame oil, dark soy sauce and sugar.

Orange Beef

Made with dried orange peel, this spicy dish is from the Hunan region.

Pepper Steak

This "retro" dish from the 1960's is made with pepper steak with onion, tomatoes, bell peppers and baby corn.

Red Cooked Beef Recipe

Red cooked beef - Beef and vegetables are gently simmered in a combination of spice and seasonings. The perfect dish for a cold winters day

Quick Beef With Snow Peas Stir-fry

Beef With Snow Peas Stir-fry - the bright color and texture of snow peas contrasts nicely with the beef in this simple stir-fry recipe.

Stir-fried Beef With Bamboo Shoots

Stir-fried beef and bamboo shoots with a flavorful sauce.

Stir-fried Beef in Black Bean Sauce

Stir-fried beef in black bean sauce - Stir-frying is a great way to make a little red meat stretch a long way.

Szechuan Crispy Beef

In this popular Szechuan dish the beef is "dry-fried," making it extra crispy.

Stir-fry Beef Recipe

Stir-fry beef recipe - Oyster sauce adds a flavor to this simple stir-fry beef recipe with snow peas.

Shabu Shabu (Beef Hot Pot)

Includes a dipping sauce recipe, from About's Guide to Japanese Cuisine.

Sukiyaki

Includes information and a recipe for Japan's popular one-pot meal, made with thinly sliced beef, from About's Guide to Japanese Cuisine.

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