This Beef Stir Fry with Tomatoes and Peppers is one of those comforting weeknight dinners that you can throw together in a pinch, just like my delicious Moo Goo Gai Pan recipes!  This particular recipe is something I created for dinner last week. I used orange and red bell peppers because my son has reactions to the green ones. You could certainly substitute green if you prefer.
Beef Stir Fry with Tomatoes and Peppers
I’ve been experimenting a lot lately with stir fry recipes. Beef, chicken, and pork are my proteins of choice, we don’t do much seafood here. I love how easy stir fry is and the different combinations of sauces, vegetables and meats are like picking out Garanimals. Anyone remember those?
In my humble opinion, the best beef for stir fry is flank steak. So whenever you see it on sale, grab it and store it in your freezer until your ready to use it. Flank steak should be cut into thin strips against the grain. Depending on the width of the steak, I’ll cut it lengthwise first, into two or three slabs. Then I’ll cut each of those sections into strips.
Now you’re probably wondering why there are tomatoes in this dish. Actually, if you haven’t had tomatoes in a stir fry you don’t know what you’re missing! When I was a teenager I used to get Pepper Steak from Don The Cantonese Chef in Deerfield, IL. His recipe includes beef, green pepper, onions, and tomato wedges in a delicious brown sauce. Yum! I haven’t had it in more than 25 years now, but I just googled it and found out he’s still around. Some day I’ll get back down there and order it again.
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Ingredients for Beef Stir Fry
- 1 lb beef flank steak, sliced thin against the grain
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced
- 2-3 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 small red bell pepper, cut into 1″ pieces (abbot 1/2 cup)
- 1 small orange bell pepper, cut into 1″ pieces (abbot 1/2 cup)
- 1 large, firm tomato, cut into 2″ chunks
- 6 scallions, cut into 1″ pieces
- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon hot chili sesame oil
Helpful Kitchen Tools
- Always measure out all of your ingredients first when you are making a stir fry, all the way down to the oil.
- Combine soy sauce and cornstarch, pour over meat. Mix to cover meat and set aside to marinate for 15 minutes.
- Heat wok until flecks of water sizzle on pan surface. Add oil, swirl to coat the pan. Add garlic and ginger and quickly stir fry, about 30 seconds. Add meat and stir fry until no longer pink.
- Add bell peppers and tomatoes to the meat in the wok, stir fry for 2-3 minutes. Add scallions and stir fry another minute.
- Combine the oyster sauce, sugar and hot chili sesame oil until well combined. Add this sauce to the meat and vegetables in the wok. Stir to coat and bring to a boil. Turn heat down and simmer a minute or two, then serve over rice.
More Stir Fry Recipes
- Mongolian Beef
- Sesame Chicken
- Moo Goo Gai Pan
- Kung Pao Chicken
- Chinese Pepper Steak
- Teriyaki Chicken and Rice
- Szechuan Beef
- Beef Lo Mein
Beef Stir Fry with Tomatoes and Peppers
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- 1 lb beef flank steak sliced thin against the grain
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger minced
- 2-3 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 red bell pepper cut into 1" pieces (abbot 1/2 cup)
- 1 orange bell pepper cut into 1" pieces (abbot 1/2 cup)
- 1 tomato firm, cut into 2" chunks
- 6 scallions cut into 1" pieces
- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon hot chili sesame oil
Instructions
- Combine soy sauce and cornstarch, pour over meat. Mix to cover meat and set aside to marinate for 15 minutes.
- Heat wok until flecks of water sizzle on pan surface. Add oil, swirl to coat the pan. Add garlic and ginger and quickly stir fry, about 30 seconds. Add meat and stir fry until no longer pink.
- Add bell peppers and tomatoes to the meat in the wok, stir fry for 2-3 minutes. Add scallions and stir fry another minute.
- Combine the oyster sauce, sugar and hot chili sesame oil until well combined. Add this sauce to the meat and vegetables in the wok. Stir to coat and bring to a boil. Turn heat down and simmer a minute or two, then serve over rice.
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Rei Guth says
I was skeptical of putting tomatoes in a stir fry, but it came out super tasty!
carrie says
I love making stir fry's, they aren't to complicated to make and they taste great. I usually make a kung pao chicken stir fry. My family really likes it. But i will give give this one a try this week. thanks for the recipe ;)
Cookin' Canuck says
We love to make stir-fries and this one looks particularly good. I have never thought to add tomatoes, but am going to try that next time.
Christine's Pantry says
Beef stir fry looks wonderful. Perfect recipe! I'm following now. Thanks!
WizzyTheStick says
Saw this on tastespotting and just had to come over to tell you how good it looks!
Nutmeg Nanny says
Looks yummy! Also the photos are great :)
Erin says
This looks saucy and delicious! I love stir frys, they are so fun to play around with!
Veronica says
Well, I've never had tomato in a stir-fry but I don't see why not–looks great! Sounds like a really good recipe, Amanda. :)
Corina says
I love stir fries but never add tomato. I'll try it next time.
Amelia's De-ssert says
Your stir fry beef looks delicious