Thai Basil Beef
This Thai Basil Beef is packed with flavor and perfect for an easy weeknight dinner you can quickly throw together. The beef is tender and caramelized and tossed in a delicious salty sauce with peppers, onions, and fragrant basil.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Beef & Marinade
- 1 lbs sirloin or skirt steak
- 1 tbsp soy sauce (or tamari/coconut aminos)
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp corn starch
Stir Fry
- 2 tbsp avocado or olive oil
- 1 medium onion thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 cup chopped scallions
- 1 Fresno chili pepper thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 3 tbsp soy sauce (or tamari/coconut aminos)
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 cup thai basil*
Instructions
- Slice the beef very thinly against the grain. Place the sliced beef in a bowl, add the soy sauce, fish sauce and baking soda overtop and stir to ensure all of the slices are coated in the sauce. Leave to rest for 5 minutes while you prep the rest of the ingredients.
- Add the corn starch to the beef and stir to ensure all of the pieces are lightly coated.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large skillet or wok on high heat. Working in 2 batches to ensure that you don't overcrowd the pan, cook the beef for 4 minutes until seared and caramelized. Remove the cooked beef and set aside on a plate and then continue cooking the second batch of beef.
- Add the remaining oil to the pan and once hot add in the onion, garlic, ginger, chili pepper and red pepper and cook for 5 minutes until the onion begins to soften
- Add in the scallions as well as the soy sauce, lime juice and fish sauce and leave to cook for approximately 3-4 minutes until the peppers are soft.
- Return the cooked beef to the pan along with the Thai basil leaves. Give everything a stir to ensure its all well mixed and then remove from the heat and serve.
Notes
Although thai basil if prefered, if you can't find any it can be replaced with Italian basil.
Nutrition
Calories: 255kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 12g | Sodium: 1222mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g