The Best Gluten Free Ginger Beef Stir-Fry

           When we first started to have college students board with us in 2009, I started to do some Internet searches for some Asian recipes. A lot of Chinese recipes call for deep frying the meat, so I was searching for those that were just stir-fried. 

 This is the only ginger beef recipe I could find that was made without deep frying, and it is absolutely delicious!  I like a bit more sauce for putting on the rice, so I tripled the sauce.  Here’s the link to the All Recipes site so you can see the original recipe. 

  

Gluten Free Ginger Beef 
 Stir-Fry - Serves 6-8

1.  Prepare beef:  Rinse 1 pd of flank steak or top sirloin.  Cut into thin stir-fry size strips.

 2.  Prepare veggies:

(1) Chop up  1/4 cup of fresh minced ginger (Yes this much ginger; it is not overpowering!).
(2)  Mince 3 cloves of garlic.
(3)  Slice 4 green onions.
(4)  Slice 1 red bell pepper into strips.
(5)  Slice 1-2 carrots on the diagonal.

 3.  Make stir-fry sauce:  Combine 9 T tamari, 6 T rice wine, 4 T rice/white vinegar, 1 T of cornstarch, ¼ tsp chili flakes in a glass bowl and set aside.

4.  Stir-fry meat:
(1)   Put 1 T of  coconut oil mixed with 1 1/2 tsp of sesame oil into a wok or skillet and sauté the ginger and garlic about 30 seconds.
(2)   Then add the strips of meat and barely brown both sides of meat.

 5.  Stir-fry veggies:  Then add the green onions, red bell pepper, and carrots.   Stir-fry meat and veggies together for 2 minutes.

6.  Add spices & stir-fry sauce:  Make a well and add  1/2 cup of sugar (You can go for 1/3 cup to reduce that amount) and allow it to  caramelize for a few seconds. Add the stir-fry sauce and mix together. Let it come to a boil and stir while it thickens.  Adjust any seasonings.

Serve over steamed rice.

Blog update on 4-19-12:  I made this recipe again tonight, and we had three people for dinner who had never had it before, and their comments are below. 

Other Chinese recipes on this blog:

Note about Internet recipes:  For the past 6 years we've hosted international students. Whenever I've made something, they have tasted it, and given me recommendations to make it taste more authentic.  Most of these Internet recipes have been tweaked by their suggestions.

BEEF RECIPES:
Delicious Gluten Free Beef Broccoli Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
The Best Gluten Free Mongolian Beef Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Ginger Beef Stir-Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)

CHICKEN RECIPES:
Gluten Free Chinese Almond Chicken Stir-Fry   (Modification of Internet recipe)
Amazing Gluten Free Chinese Cashew Chicken Stir-Fry   (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Garlic Chicken Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Chicken Broccoli Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Spicy Kung Pao Chicken Stir Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Authentic Chinese BBQ Chicken  (From my Bible Study friend Rose)
Rose's Chinese Yellow Curry with Chicken & Vegetables  (From my Bible Study friend Rose)
Gluten Free Chinese - Fantastic Soy Sauce Chicken  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Rose's Authentic Stir-Fried Chicken & Vegetables (Made Gluten Free!)
Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Chicken (From my daughter-in-law's family cookbook)

TOFU RECIPES:
Tofu & Vegetable Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Orange "Beef" Tofu Stir- Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)

FISH RECIPES:
Steamed Scallion Ginger Fish with Stir-Fried Bok Choy  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Fantastic Mahi & Vegetable Stir Fry   (Modification of Internet recipe)
Tasty Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Fish  (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)

NOODLES & RICE:
Gluten Free Chinese Fried Rice    (From my Come & Dine Cookbook)
The Cheung's Gluten Free Chow Mien  (My Bible study friend Rose taught me this)

SOUP RECIPES:
Chinese Chicken Soups  - Bok choy chicken, chicken & spinach, and chicken & cabbage
Gluten Free Chinese Hot Pot  (Combination of Internet & Yingying a student from China)
Chinese Egg Drop Soup   (From my Syre School Cookbook)

SALAD RECIPES
Gluten Free Chinese Chicken Cabbage Salad  (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Rose's Refreshing Cucumber Salad  (From a Bible study friend)
Chinese Mandarin Salad & Thai Peanut Dressing   (Dressing is from my friend Judi)