This recipe for teriyaki beef stir fry is tender slices of beef sauteed with a variety of colorful vegetables, all coated in a quick and easy homemade teriyaki sauce. A restaurant quality meal in the comfort of your own home!
I make stir fry almost every week, my family always requests chicken and asparagus stir fry, honey garlic shrimp stir fry and this delicious beef teriyaki.
Stir fry: in my opinion it’s one of the easiest and quickest dinner options around. I love the versatility and it’s often a healthy dinner option which is always a huge bonus. Why would you ever want to order take out when you could whip up this teriyaki beef stir fry in about 20 minutes?
How do you make teriyaki beef?
Let’s talk about the meat first – I used thinly sliced flank steak in this teriyaki beef stir fry, but sirloin or another tender cut would work well too. I cook the vegetables first, in this case I used broccoli and various colors of bell peppers, but you can easily substitute your family’s favorites. After the vegetables are cooked, they come out of the pan and the beef goes in – make sure your pan is very hot to get a nice sear on the meat.
How do you make homemade teriyaki sauce?
This teriyaki sauce is a simple blend of soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, honey and sesame oil. The ingredients are simmered together, then some cornstarch is added into the mix to thicken the sauce. You can make this sauce up to 3 days before you plan to serve it.
Beef Teriyaki Variations
There are so many different ways to customize this recipe to your family’s tastes.
- Protein: Instead of sliced beef, you can use ground beef, or even chicken, shrimp or tofu.
- Vegetables: While I used bell peppers and broccoli, other great options are snow peas, mushrooms, carrots, bok choy or asparagus.
- Pineapple: For a tropical twist, try adding some cubed pineapple to your stir fry.
I add a garnish of sliced green onions and sesame seeds, but you can skip that if you’re pressed for time or don’t have those items on hand. Even my kids love this teriyaki beef stir fry, that salty, sweet and savory combination just can’t be beat. When you begin cooking the vegetables, start a pot of rice at the same time and dinner will be ready in less than 30 minutes. And you won’t even have to call the take out delivery guy! Not to mention this version is so much healthier – how can you argue with that?
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Teriyaki Beef Stir Fry Video
Teriyaki Beef Stir Fry
Ingredients
For the stir fry
- 1 1/4 lbs thinly sliced steak such as flank steak or sirloin
- 3 cups of mixed vegetables (I used broccoli florets and sliced bell peppers)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- Optional garnishes: sliced green onions and sesame seeds
For the sauce
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons minced ginger
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon cornstarch
Instructions
- For the sauce: Place the soy sauce, water, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, honey and sesame oil in a small pot over medium high heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved, about 3 minutes. Turn up heat to high and bring to a boil.
- Mix the cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of cold water until dissolved. Add the cornstarch mixture to the sauce and boil for 1-2 minutes or until sauce has thickened. Set sauce aside.
- For the stir fry: Heat 1 teaspoon vegetable oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the vegetables and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 3-5 minutes or until vegetables have started to brown and soften.
- Add 2 tablespoons of water and cook, until water has evaporated. When your vegetables are crisp tender remove them from the pan and set aside.
- Wipe out the pan. Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons of oil in the pan over high heat.
- Place half of the steak in the pan and season generously with salt and pepper. Cook for 2-3 minutes on each side or until just cooked through.
- Set the first batch of steak aside and repeat the process with the rest of the beef.
- Add all of the meat and vegetables back to the pan. Pour the sauce over the top and cook for 2-3 minutes over medium high heat until warmed through.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and sliced green onions if desired.
It was my first time to cook Beef Teriyaki and it was so easy and my family loved it ♥️ thank you 😊
The sauce was amazing. I added mixed vegetables, stir fry version and linguine. So good!.
Been making this recipe for Like 2 years. I am handicapped and cooking is not easy for me. This recipe is so easy my son can do most of it. He gets me all the ingredients and I mix it all together. We make it at least once a month. Ty for sharing it.
This recipe tastes like a great restaurant’s food!!
Simple, healthy, and delicious! I made enough to freeze a couple portions for leftovers. Will definitely save this as a favorite.
Very nice. I made the recipe according to the ingredient list. Used 7 different veggies. The only thing I did differently was heat the teriyaki sauce in the microwave to hot but not boiling, added the cornstarch / water to the mix, and let the heat of the pan with the steak and veggies thicken it. I liked that the recipe is flavourful, had lots of sauce, and wasn’t too sweet or salty. Served over rice.
Great recipe easy to make tastes amazing thank you. Can you make and freeze the Teriyaki sauce and use later.
I’ve made this recipe twice now for my 93 year old mother in law who is living with us now and she told I could make this every day! That is a true testament to your recipe as we are both experienced cooks! I didn’t change a thing but I did use rib eye steak so it would be very tender for her. Thank you for such a successful recipe!
I have included this recipe as part of my regular dinner meal rotation. It’s easy to make and delicious! I change it up a bit and will add shaved celery or shiitake mushrooms or both.
Maybe i’m just brain dead at the moment but how do you print recipes that you find online like this. Many of your recipes look yummy but I can’t cook & be on the computer at the same time. Usually there is a button but i can’t seem to find it. Do i have to be a paying member or something??
There is a red and white printer icon in a circle just under the name of the recipe on the recipe card!
I have made this twice now. Yeah …as another implied …this would be even be better with less sugar/honey (less sweet) but, whatever …everybody loves it, so it its a 5 star. So I will reduce the sweet factor next time (5+ star?) Thanks for all the great recipes Sara!
BobB