This easy steak stir fry recipe will wow your guests and become a family favourite. You will make this time and time again!
This post has been sponsored by Wüsthof. All opinions are my own, as always. Thanks to all the companies, and readers, who help support Cravings of a Lunatic.
I have to start by saying how lucky I am to do what I do for a living. My job is pure joy. I pinch myself every day that I get to play in the kitchen.
One of the perks of food blogging is being given the opportunity to review products. I like playing with new toys as much as a kid, it's endlessly entertaining. I have to admit most days it doesn't feel like "work", and I say that knowing how absolutely lucky I am.
I thought Wüsthof would be a great fit for an idea I had been pondering. My daughter's birthday was approaching and I typically do a big birthday post for each of my kids on the blog.
So, my idea was to surprise my daughter, Mini-Me, with her favourite dish for her birthday. Most kids have favourite cakes or treats, not my hooligan.
Mini-Me is a stir fry girl. She could eat it every day. She likes it kept simple and she likes it with noodles, not rice. After chatting with the powers that be, I was soon awaiting my knives with eager anticipation.
When they arrived and Mini-Me was let in on my secret plans she quickly declared the knives to be "hers" since I was doing it as a birthday surprise. I love my kids, any chance to wrangle my gear out of my hands is a good day for them.
She still lives at home but has very boldly told me the knives will be moving out with her when the time comes. She's quickly taken control of them.
Every time I pull out my cutting board she sneaks in behind me and tiptoes off with the prized knives. It's becoming a huge problem. One I find endlessly entertaining and endearing.
We're making up excuses to cut everything in the house. Want an orange, wait, I'll cut it for you. Want an apple, hold on, let me grab one of my trusty knives. Need me to cut up your steak for you, sure, just let me grab my favourite knife. I swear there's arm wrestling matches breaking out over who gets to use them.
This family is rough on kitchen tools. Any review I do is going to be thorough. I have two young adults I like to refer to as my hooligans. Mini-Me lives here, and my son, B-Dude, is out west getting his PHD.
He came home over the holidays. So these knives were used and abused in a big way over the course of the last few weeks. They stood up to all of it.
They cut like a dream. I'm so impressed with the how they pull through everything I slice with them. I cook way too much and I've not had one bad experience with these knives.
The weight is perfect, which is super important. The handles are easy to grip. The block is not only functional but cute. I'm a girl at heart, I like cute things.
The scissors are absolutely perfect. I have to keep grabbing them away from hubs who wants to cut tin cans with them for some reason. I swear my family has weirder quirks than I do.
The set includes a 3.5-inch paring knife, 4.5-inch utility knife, and 6-inch cook's knife, along with kitchen shears and a 4 slot block.
I have a weird fondness for large knives. I use the cook's knife for everything. Mini-Me loves the paring knife and hubs keeps stealing the utility knife.
If you are a stir fry fan like my daughter this recipe is for you. I do subtle variations of it all the time.
I like more veggies in mine but since this was her special day I did it her way. Just the way she likes it. Simple, full of flavour and absolutely delicious.
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Steak Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 1 pound good quality beef I used striploin since we had lots on hand, cut into thin strips
- ¼ cup Italian Salad Dressing seems odd but amazing as a marinade
- 1 large sweet onion either diced or cut into thin strips
- 3 shallots cut into thin strips
- 1 red bell pepper cut into thin strips
- 1 green bell pepper cut into thin strips
- 1 orange bell pepper cut into thin strips
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 cloves of fresh garlic or 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- ¼ cup Teriyaki Sauce
- 2 cups prepared noodles or rice
Instructions
- If preparing rice and/or noodles start those now. That way it all times out perfectly. We usually do both. I like rice and my daughter like noodles.
- Cut up your beef. Pop it into a glass bowl. Pour Italian Dressing over top. Mix really well with a spoon. Let it stand for about 10 minutes.
- While the meat is resting you can cut up your veggies. I like to dice my onions, then I like to have odd pieces that are a bit bigger, I find that the layering of textures with some onions being cooked soft and some with just a bit more crispness left is really amazing. I do this often with onions as well. about two thirds are cut into strips, and the other third of them I leave in chunkier pieces. The peppers I like uniformly cut into thin strips though. Just a personal thing.
- Drain any excess marinade from the beef.
- Now take a wok or large skillet and add some oil, I like olive oil but you can use canola or vegetable oil. Let that get hot, it should sizzle a bit and get this glimmer over the oil.
- Now carefully add your beef, if the pan is small do it in two or three batches. Don't overcrowd when stir frying, the trick is to get a good hot sear which is impossible if the pan is overcrowded.
- Cook each batch until it's perfectly browned.This only take a few minutes if your pan is hot and not crowded.
- Now transfer the meat to a bowl for the time being. Set aside.
- Add you onions and shallots to the same pan, don't wash it, you want that yummy goodness, there's flavour in that. I add about 1 tablespoon of butter and a dash of salt when browning the onions and shallots. Works wonders. Cook for about 3 to 5 minutes over a medium-high heat.
- Now toss in the peppers and if needed you can add some olive oil. Toss and cook over medium-high heat for about 2 to 4 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cook for less than 1 minute, it should be fragrant but not burning. It cooks really fast.
- Now toss your meat back in the pan.
- Season quickly with salt and pepper.
- Add the teriyaki sauce and continue to cook for about 3 to 4 minutes, you want everything to come together nicely.
- Poured over prepared rice or noodles of your choice.
- Serve with a big old I love my new Wüsthof Knives smile!
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Cindy A.
I would use the 6-inch cook’s knife the most.
Kim Beaulieu
It's a great knife.
Tina W
The Cooks knife would be the one I'd use most. (my sister always laughs at me doing tiny jobs with a big ol' knife but it works for me!)
Kim Beaulieu
I love my big ol' knife too. I like the weight.
LauriM
The cook's knife!
Kim Beaulieu
It's a great knife.
Barbara Mc / Whenihave Time
Paring knife first and the cook's knife second 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity!
Kim Beaulieu
Both awesome knives. You're very welcome.
Kim
Cook's knife!
Kim Beaulieu
It's a great one.
Jaye Lorton
I would definitely use the cook's knife the most, with the paring knife coming in at a close second! Man oh man do I need new knives! Thanks for offering!
Kim Beaulieu
Both awesome knives. You are most welcome. Good luck.
stephanie
OH! I covet my mother's Wüsthof 6-in knife! Thank you 🙂 I have to try the Italian dressing marinade!
Kim Beaulieu
They are amazing. You must try the marinade trick, it works for grilling too.
Lauren M
Wusthof is ALL I use!! Ever since I went to culinary school, that's all I've ever used! I love them... <3 my chefs, boning, and paring knives!
Kim Beaulieu
They are amazing. I love my boning knife. It's amazing.
Cheryl F.
I would use the 4.5-inch utility knife most.
Kim Beaulieu
It's amazing.
Linda K.
I would use a chef's knife or a paring knife equally.
Kristyn
I could really use the 6 inch cook's knife. I actually don't have one, and love to cook.
Dani H
I would use the utility knife the most.
Thanks for a chance at the giveaway!
Traci
Would you please share with me where you got those two lovely pieces of pottery or who the artists are? I love them! Thank you!!
Kim Beaulieu
I can try to find the name but it's a pottery store in St. Jacobs Ontario. We visit once a year so I always buy 1 piece each year. I cannot think of the name of it off the top of my head. When I hit my office next I'll peek.
jodi schulman
Id use the 10 inch chef knife and a paring knife
Kim Beaulieu
I love both.
karen
the paring knife
Kim Beaulieu
It's a great knife.
Danielle
The 6 inch cooks knife hands down!
Kim Beaulieu
Such a great knife.
Rust
I would love a good paring knife.
Kim Beaulieu
Love my paring knife.
Kristen M
I have a Wusthof paring knife that I use all the time. I love it. I think I would equally enjoy the shears and cook's knife.
Kim Beaulieu
They are all awesome. Love my set.
Hannah
Cooks knife would get used the most in my kitchen!
Kim Beaulieu
It's a great knife.
Kate | Food Babbles
I would definitely use the 6-inch cook's knife most!
Kim Beaulieu
I love it. It's fabulous.