Beef Stir Fry is a hot Asian dish which you can serve with rice and other Asian side dishes.
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Tender, Juicy perfectly stir-fried spiced beef undercut and some tickling green chili to enhance the onion and tomato flavor.
That's how Beef Chili fry takes over our hearts!
Beef Stir Fry is often-while enhanced with diced Potatoes, I prefer it without potatoes and as a side dish to serve with other dishes such as vegetables.
This is another typical Goan recipe, which my mother-in-law was so kind to share with us.
The flavorful, but not super hot and spicy, Beef Stir Fry includes tomato, onion, fresh green chili, and garlic.
The marination for the Goan Beef Stir Fry includes ginger garlic paste, salt, and vinegar.
You could use chopped ginger and garlic, however, I suggest to use the paste simply because the flavors get better infused and at the same time ginger has tenderizing properties, so it makes the beef soft.
I am using more expensive beef cuts, so to make my cooking easier.
I like to use beef undercut but you can use the uppercut too.
Other beef cuts could eventually get tough when stir frying.
Also, the beef is cut into cubes in this recipe!
The dish, the Goan Beef Stir Fry, could be actually confused with the Goan beef chili roast, which is sliced beef and is commonly served for special feasts such as for Christmas and Easter.
The spices add here are turmeric (Curcuma/haldi), chili powder and pepper.
These are minimal ingredients to spice up your Beef Stir Fry.
📖 Recipe
Beef Stir Fry Recipe
Ingredients
- 7 Ounce Beef Filet
- 1 Tablespoon Ginger + Garlic
- Pinch Salt
- 1 Tablespoon Rice Vinegar
- 1-2 Tablespoon Oil
- 1 Medium Onion chopped
- 2 Pieces Garlic Cloves chopped
- 2 Green Chili Pepper optional
- 1 Small Tomato
- 1 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper Ground optional
- 1 Teaspoon Turmeric Ground
- Pinch Black Pepper Ground
Instructions
- Cut your Beef undercut into 1 cm sized dice. Keep in a bowl with Ginger Garlic Paste, Salt and Coconut Vinegar or White Vinegar or Lemon Juice. Mix it well and allow to marinate for minimum 20 minutes. The longer you keep it marinated the more flavor it will have at the end.
- Peel and discard the peel of your onion, quarter and slice thin. Peel, smash and chop your garlic. Cut your chilli small and keep the seeds (Remove the seeds if you want less heat) Half your tomato and slice thin. Keep all separate aside.
- Add your marinated beef to a cooking pan, heat up and cook on slow heat without oil so that all the liquid comes out (the beef is full of liquids!). That might take about 15 minutes and when most of the liquid is dissolved, stir fry so that the beef get's perfectly cooked. This should help the beef to remain tender as well.
- On another hot plate prepare a frying pan with the oil and fry your onions first translucent. Afterward add the garlic, chili and tomato pieces and stir fry for 1-2 minutes before you throw in the Chilli, Turmeric powder and the Pepper.
- Mix and stir fry on a slow to medium flame until all ingredients are soft but not overcooked.
- At this point you can add your precooked Beef cubes and stir fry the whole content for another 1-2 minutes or until you feel it has cooked enough. The dish should not end up to dry, nor should it soak in lots of oil.
- Serve hot or still warm.
This is a Fantastic recipe! I used rib eye steak, it was easy to do , had just the right amount of heat and tasted gorgeous! My husband is raving about it. Thank you
Awesome! Good to read that the beef chili fry is a hit in your home. 🙂
Thanks I tried the beef chilli fry it was super daughter who doesn't eat meat had it .thank you
Oh wow really? That's an achievement! =D
i tried the above recipe, was a super hit, thanks for sharing 🙂
Hi Rose, thank you for taking the time and leaving us a feedback, much appreciated! =)
excellent recipe really enjoyed it.
Thank you so much for your feedback! Happy to hear that you enjoy the recipe as much as we do. 🙂
It was easy to cook and very simple. As there shortage of fish in the market it is good to eat beef chili fry.
I agree that's the best time to enjoy beef chili fry. =D Glad you had the chance to try the recipe Jason and I am happy to hear about your success.
I wondered how difficult it was to buy beef in a largely vegetarian society. We don't have such difficulties here and I'll be making this beef chili fry soon.
Oh, no, politics interfering with food is not good. I am so gonna pass this recipe on to the OH. He loves all things chilli and all things stirfry.
Just what is beef undercut?
Beef undercut is also known as Tenderloin or Fillet. It's the most valued meat part of the animal and the most tender one as well. See here for a reference picture. Hope that helps, Laurence.
Mm, I can tell by the colour that this is just packed with flavour - sometimes it's important to stick to authentic tried and tested methods isn't it? I find it really annoying when people completely refuse to try "traditional" recipes first and insist on doctoring everything.
Helene, it might be the first Goan recipe I will prepare! I am seriously motivated, especially since it's a genuine recipe from your family. My husband will be delighted (I don't cook enough beef dishes for him... because I am rather a chicken and pork eater 😉 ). I had no idea coconut vinegar existed! It sounds awesome!
A beef shortage - that is such a foreign concept to me. I be that was quite frustrating. Glad it's over. I wouldn't have wanted to miss this delicious chili fry! I have some ginger garlic paste that needs a dish and this dish sounds perfect - a very quick and easy weekday meal!
I'm sure it's the perfect snack with a mug of beer!
What a delightful recipe!~! I don't eat beef, but hubby loves it. maybe I will surprise him one day 🙂
Such a pain to not be able to get basic ingredients! Glad you finally scored some beef, though. Terrific looking dish - loads of flavor, and so easy to make! Perfect for me, when I want to me lazy. 😉
I'm jealous you learn authentic cooking from your MIL. I wish I could learn Chinese/Taiwanese food from my MIL but we only see each other one week or at most 2 weeks and we rarely spend time cooking together. This looks delicious!
Sounds so richly flavored! I can see why it's a favorite.
I am so glad you have published a Goan recipe again and shall try it soonest. Have not used chillis two ways nor coconut vinegar which actually is available here Down Under. So thank you for a meal soon ahead and do post some more local recipes please!
I´m glad you got your hands on some beef Helene, I would feel the same way you did. I like that you shared a family recipe, and a simple spicy beef one. The kind of meal I make for myself all the time! I also pinned the chapati recipe, love it!
This does look delicious, Helene! Great recipe and I can imagine that it's packed with flavor. Thank you for sharing and have a lovely weekend!
Perfectly done.. Looks very inviting 🙂 Drool !!
Helene, that looks delish! I read through the ingredients thinks it was going to lots of spice & things I didn't have and was surprised how simple it looks!
Next time I get some beef I'm going to give this a whirl
Janie x
Glad you go your hands on some good cut of meat.
This is such a tasty looking dish, and I'm not a beef lover myself so I would substitute this with chicken...but this one is a winning recipe..