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    Asian Beef with Mushrooms and Snow Peas

    By Julia | Updated: Jun 08, 2024 | Published: Sep 29, 2014 | 232 Comments

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    Asian Beef with Mushrooms and Snow Peas is a simple dinner perfect for those busy weeknights!  Your family will love tender mushrooms, crisp snow peas, and thinly sliced sirloin steak sautéed with garlic.

    Asian Beef with Mushrooms and Snow Peas

     

    This Asian Beef with Mushrooms and Snow Peas is a delicious and flavorful dinner to please everybody in the family!   Snow peas and mushrooms are stir-fried together with beef and homemade Asian sauce.  This recipe is gluten-free (if you use gluten-free Tamari sauce).

    It is my new favorite homemade Asian dinner along with Asian salmon and noodles!   All the ingredients go so well together in this recipe.  Mushrooms and snow peas make a great combination with Asian beef.

    Asian Beef

    • Easy and quick. This simple dish is a perfect choice for a weeknight meal.  Only 9 basic ingredients! Your family will love this recipe!
    • Protein. You get plenty of protein in this dinner thanks to beef.
    • Veggies.  Snow peas taste amazing combined with Asian beef. You'll want seconds!
    • Simple homemade Asian sauce.  No need to use store-bought sauce.  Make your own Asian sauce using just 5 basic ingredients: Tamari sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, rice vinegar.

    Asian Beef with Mushrooms and Snow Peas

    Recipe notes

    • I'm using Tamari sauce to make a base for a stir fry sauce.  Tamari is basically a gluten-free version of soy sauce, but regular soy sauce is much saltier than tamari.
    • If you decide to use soy sauce in for Asian beef, keep in mind that it is much saltier than Tamari sauce.  Use low-sodium soy sauce, or use less of soy sauce and more olive oil.   Or, water down the sauce with a small amount of water.Asian Beef with Mushrooms and Snow Peas in a skillet

    Variations and Substitutions

    • Beef. Use any type of boneless beef. Flank steak works great. Any other boneless parts of steak will work too.
    • Vegetables. The lovely thing about this recipe is that you can use just about any vegetable. Use broccoli, asparagus, zucchini, green bell peppers, or snow peas.  All these veggies will go great with Asian beef!
    • Tamari sauce or soy sauce. You can use either. Keep in mind that Tamari sauce is usually gluten-free (look at the label). I prefer to use Tamari or low-sodium soy sauce.

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    Asian garlic sauce with tamari sauce, brown sugar, ginger, garlic in a red bowl

    What kind of beef to use

    You can use pretty much any type of beef in this recipe as long as you slice it thinly:

    • Flank steak
    • Sirloin steak strips
    • Any other kind of steak, or boneless beef.

    How to thinly slice beef

    I find it the easiest to thinly slice the beef while it's still partially frozen and thawed just briefly in the microwave. That keeps beef pretty solid and makes slicing the meat thinly a pretty easy task.

    how to cook Asian beef and snow peas - step by step photos

    What to serve with Asian beef

    • Rice. Serve white or brown rice. You can also serve jasmine rice or wild rice.
    • Noodles. Serve long strand pasta such as spaghetti or fettuccine. You can also use angel hair pasta.
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    Asian Beef with Mushrooms and Snow Peas
    4.73 from 295 votes

    Asian Beef with Mushrooms & Snow Peas

    Asian Beef with Mushrooms and Snow Peas - simple dinner that uses basic ingredients! Tender mushrooms, crisp snow peas, and thinly sliced sirloin steak are sautéed with garlic.  Your family will love this easy weeknight dinner!
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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 50 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Asian
    Servings 4 servings
    Calories per serving 538 kcal
    Author: Julia

    Ingredients

    Homemade Asian Sauce:

    • ½ cup tamari or low-sodium soy sauce
    • 2 tablespoons brown sugar (add more to taste, up to 4 tablespoons)
    • 6 garlic cloves minced
    • ½ teaspoon ginger
    • 2 teaspoons rice vinegar

    Beef:

    • 10 oz snow peas
    • 4 tablespoons olive oil
    • 10 oz mushrooms sliced thinly
    • 1 pound beef thinly sliced (sirloin steak strips, flank steak, or any other steak)
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    Instructions 

    Prepare Asian sauce ingredients:

    • Combine all the sauce ingredients in a bowl - whisk to combine. Set aside.

    How to cook snow peas:

    • Bring water in a medium pan to boil. Add snow peas, boil them for 5 minutes, drain. Set aside.

    How to cook mushrooms:

    • Heat a large skillet until hot, add 2 tablespoons olive oil - it should sizzle. 
    • Immediately add thinly sliced mushrooms - cook them on high heat, turning occasionally, until they brown nicely. Salt them midway, just a little bit.  Do not add too much salt, as you will be adding tamari sauce later. 
    • Remove mushrooms to a bowl.

    How to sear beef:

    • To the same skillet, on high heat, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil, which will sizzle right away. Immediately add thinly sliced meat. 
    • Note: You might want to do this in 2 batches.  You will want each slice of beef to touch the bottom of the skillet and for meat slices not to be crowded. This will ensure that beef will brown on high heat. 
    • Cook beef on one side until it browns nicely. 
    • Turn over all beef slices to the opposite side, and cook more, on high heat, until all slices brown nicely. Remove this batch to a bowl. 
    • Add the second batch of beef, and repeat.

    Final assembly:

    • Return all of the cooked beef slices back to the skillet. 
    • Add the snow peas and cooked mushrooms, then the Asian sauce. 
    • Stir everything to combine on high heat, for about 1 minute. Turn off heat. Cover the skillet with a lid.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Information
    Asian Beef with Mushrooms & Snow Peas
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    538
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    37
    g
    57
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    10
    g
    63
    %
    Cholesterol
     
    80
    mg
    27
    %
    Sodium
     
    1707
    mg
    74
    %
    Potassium
     
    772
    mg
    22
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    25
    g
    8
    %
    Fiber
     
    2
    g
    8
    %
    Sugar
     
    19
    g
    21
    %
    Protein
     
    27
    g
    54
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    770
    IU
    15
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    45.5
    mg
    55
    %
    Calcium
     
    77
    mg
    8
    %
    Iron
     
    5
    mg
    28
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    Nutrition Disclaimer:

    The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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    1. Micki

      March 15, 2025 at 11:49 am

      Love this recipe. So easy and full of flavor. Have made it numerous times. My one tip is to be careful when cooking your beef, not to overcook it.

      Reply
    2. Steve Sox

      March 12, 2025 at 5:49 pm

      Julia, I saw this, loved the ingredients and thought stir-fry. I added red bell pepper because I love it and the red added nicely to the color. Turned this out in my wok. Thanks for a great idea.

      Reply
    3. Patty

      January 18, 2025 at 7:18 pm

      Great recipe! Used fresh grated ginger. Added red pepper & red onion. Added a cornstarch slurry & a little water. Added red pepper flakes. Served with a rice mixed with cauliflower rice. EXCELLENT!!!

      Reply
    4. Barb

      November 05, 2024 at 6:34 pm

      This dish was wonderful. My family really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing.

      Reply
      • Julia

        November 09, 2024 at 11:28 pm

        I am so happy to hear that, Barb! 🙂

        Reply
    5. Mary Ann Thompson

      October 28, 2024 at 9:37 pm

      Need to thicken the sauce with flour and not cook the snap peas for 5 mins. I added them at the last minute and cooked for a minute and covered—let them cook that way to have a crunch. And l, I will make more sauce next time. Will add scallions and water chestnuts as well.

      Reply
      • Julia

        November 10, 2024 at 12:43 am

        I love your changes and recommendations - very helpful!

        Reply
    6. Kat

      September 13, 2024 at 11:19 am

      Fresh ginger or ground ginger??

      Reply
      • Julia

        September 16, 2024 at 6:43 pm

        Ground ginger!

        Reply
    7. Donna

      September 05, 2024 at 8:41 pm

      We really enjoyed this meal. Since I was using Truvia Sweet Complete brown sugar I cut it back to 1 T. Based on others comments, I added a few onion chunks and 1/2 tsp chili paste with garlic. I served it over brown rice. We will definitely be enjoying this meal at least once a month.

      Reply
      • Julia

        September 05, 2024 at 10:32 pm

        Hi, Donna, I am so glad you enjoyed this dish and that it made it to your monthly rotation - I am honored and flattered. 🙂 Thank you for taking the time to share this amazing review! 🙂

        Reply
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