Hoisin Beef with Vegetables – an easy beef stir fry with hoisin sauce and lots of vegetables.
Yesterday was one of those days. I would normally blame it on pregnancy (pregnancy is a good excuse for many things!) but I ate so bad, that even pregnancy wasn’t a good excuse. A tortilla with cheese for breakfast, followed by a Snickers bar for a morning snack, chicken fingers from Chick-fil-A for lunch and then a snack of chocolate chip cookies. Yeah, not nutritious whatsoever. And I was feeling it by the time I got home from work. All I wanted was something tasty and healthy for dinner. Good thing healthy was on the menu!!
I had actually been meaning to make this all week, but other things kept popping up (as they seem to do a lot lately!) Robin Miller claims this is her go-to meal because it is so adaptable, and adaptable it is!! From her original recipe, I subbed broccoli for the asparagus and a yellow pepper for a red one, since I had yellow ones in the garden. She also included carrots and water chestnuts, but I didn’t have any carrots on hand, and my husband isn’t a water chestnut fan, so those were left out. And she suggests quick cooking rice, but I’m not a fan of quick cooking rice, so I took the time to make up some jasmine rice. It worked perfectly, because everything else was done just as the timer went off for the rice.
This was my first time using hoisin sauce, and I’m looking forward to using it in many recipes to come. This dish wasn’t overwhelming with flavor, like I first expected to be with the hoisin, ginger and garlic, but it was still delicious and flavorful. And I can see why Robin Miller uses this as her go-to recipe – it really is adaptable to whatever you have on hand!
Hoisin Beef with Vegetables
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup beef broth
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 to 4 cloves garlic – to taste – minced
- 1 tablespoon peeled and minced fresh ginger
- 1 1/4 pounds boneless lean sirloin steak cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 medium yellow bell pepper seeded and sliced into bite sized pieces
- 2 cups fresh broccoli
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the broth, hoisin, and cornstarch. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and ginger and stir fry for 1 minute. Add the steak and stir-fry until browned on all sides, about 4-5 minutes. Add the vegetables and cook for another 3 minutes.
- Add the broth mixture to the skillet, bring to a simmer, and simmer until the sauce thickens and the vegetables are crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
- Serve over rice.
Mary says
Snickers — great snack food! Hoisin sauce adds layered flavor and I love it. I think Robin is great and this is a nice recipe.
Mary says
If it makes you feel better I was out of control bad eating yesterday, and I don’t have preganancy to blame for it. Your dinner looks so delicious and healthy that I’m totally bookmarking it!
kamailesfood says
This looks really tasty and healthy. I love recipes that are easily adaptable.
How's it Taste? says
Wow, looks great! And so quick and easy too! Now I can start using up that huge bottle of hoisin sauce I have in the fridge that I bought for some reason but can’t remember what for : )
diva says
don’t feel too guilty! everyone has those days 🙂 this looks so yummy..i love hoisin.
flower says
Havent had a snickers in years, I could so easily have a jar of peanut butter fingers in 1 sitting
Dhanggit says
LOL you are just like me Deborah when I was pregnant..I blame everything on my pregnancy! Our only difference I couldn’t make beautiful and sumptous dishes like this, hehehe I was too lazy to cook 🙂 your photos are truly excellent!
btw, Im imagining how the tummy is going on now 🙂 take care dear
Erin says
This looks great! What a good dinner idea. I’ve never had hoisin sauce, but I’m pretty sure I would like it. I’ll have to try this sometime!
Mrs. L says
I actually would probably like the substitutions you made anyway. Looks really good and I do have some Hoisin sauce that needs to be used.
Patsyk says
Thank goodness you chose this cookbook this month! Now, I have some new recipes that I know will be good from it! 🙂
Sounds like you eat the way I did when I was pregnant (both times!)… I was always too tired to bother with anything very involved so, quick and easy and whatever sounded good did the trick!
Maria says
We all have days like that! Glad you tried hoisin! I love it!
kat says
I love hoisin sauce so I bet this was great!
Melanie says
Don’t feel too guilty about eating badly – you are right, pregnancy is a great excuse! And I just love hoisin sauce – I use it all the time and this looks like a fantastic recipe!
Happy cook says
So easy to make them and delicious looking too.
Candy says
Oh this looks good. I know what you mean with the candy. Those little Halloween bars are calling my name these days and I can’t blame it on being preggo!
Lisa says
Love yummy healthy recipes! I also like to eat snickers and cookies.