Teriyaki Beef
Making a delicious teriyaki sauce from scratch is so easy using just a handful of ingredients, and tastes better than any store bought brands.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1½ lbs sirloin steak, trimmed of excess fat and cut into thin strips
- 1 lb asparagus spears or broccoli florets, cut into bite sized pieces
- 4 cups cooked white rice, to serve
For the sauce:
- ½ cup low sodium soy sauce
- ½ cup water
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 3 tbsp brown sugar, packed
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp sesame seeds, to serve
Instructions
- Trim sirloin beef removing any excess fat. Cut beef into thin strips, about ¼ inch thick.
- Place beef strips in a large ziplock baggie. Set aside while you make the marinade.
- In a mixing bowl whisk together soy sauce, water, cornstarch, ground ginger, brown sugar, minced garlic, rice vinegar, honey and sesame oil until well combined.
- Pour marinade into the baggie with the strips of beef.
- Seal bag squeezing out excess air.
- Marinate beef in the refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight.
- Place a strainer over a bowl and pour beef and marinade into the strainer allowing marinade to drain off into the bowl.
- Pour marinade in a sauce pan and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Boil for 3-4 minutes stirring occasionally until the sauce thickens slightly. Remove from heat.
- In a large skillet heat olive oil over medium high heat.
- When the oil is hot add drained marinated beef to the pan and cook stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes.
- Add the cooked marinade to the pan and stir to coat the beef strips.
- Add asparagus or broccoli to the pan and continue to cook until vegetables are crisp tender, about 2-3 minutes.
- Serve over a bed of cooked white rice and top each serving with a sprinkle of sesame seeds.