This is one of our favourites – quick, easy, delicious, nutritious! What more can you ask for?

Copycat of restaurant style Chinese Beef with Honey and Black Pepper Sauce. Super fast and easy to make – it’s on the table in 15 minutes! The sauce is absolutely divine – sticky, sweet, salty and with a subtle burst of heat from the black pepper. 

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

Course: Stir Fry

Cuisine: Chinese

Keyword: beef stir fry, honey pepper sauce, stir fry sauce

Servings: 4

Calories: 473.68kcal

Ingredients

Sauce

• 2 1/2 tbsp soy sauce 
• 3 tbsp honey
• 1 1/2 tbsp Oyster sauce or Hoisin Sauce (I have used fish sauce in substitution which gives a fabulous spicy kick)
• 1 1/2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine , Mirin or dry sherry (I have successfully substituted white or red wine vinegar)
• 2 tbsp water
• 1 tsp coarsely crushed black pepper (or 1/2 tsp normal ground black pepper)

Stir Fry

• 2 tbsp peanut oil (or vegetable or sesame oil)
• 1 garlic clove , finely minced (lazy garlic works just as well!)
• 1/2 onion , peeled and sliced
• 500g/1 lb thinly sliced tenderloin, flank, sirloin/Porterhouse/strip, or any other cut of steak suitable for stir frying 
• Selection of your favourite stir fry vegetables. I use peppers and green beans.

Instructions

1. Mix the Sauce ingredients in a bowl.
2. Heat the oil in a wok or large heavy based skillet over high heat until it is smoking.
3. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 1 minute or until the onion becomes translucent. Keep it moving so the garlic doesn’t burn.
4. Add the beef and stir fry for 1 minute until just cooked to your liking, then remove into bowl.
5. Turn the heat down to medium high, pour in Sauce – it will start simmering very quickly! Let it cook for 1 minute or so until it becomes syrupy – the bubbles will be larger and caramel colour.
6. Add the beef and onion back into the wok, along with any juices pooled on the plate. Toss in the sauce until just warmed through – 1 minute at most. Don’t overcook the beef – that would be tragic!
7. Serve immediately with rice or noodles 

Nutrition

Serving: 178g | Calories: 473.68kcal | Carbohydrates: 16.02g | Protein: 24.21g | Fat: 34.34g | Saturated Fat: 12.39g | Cholesterol: 87.5mg | Sodium: 876.12mg | Potassium: 423.93mg | Fiber: 0.32g | Sugar: 13.77g | Vitamin C: 1.25mg | Calcium: 11.91mg | Iron: 3.27mg