Easy Sesame Beef recipe for tender, juicy steak strips stir-fried in flavorful Asian sauce. A delicious healthy takeout dish made at home!

I love making Chinese takeout restaurant recipes like Sesame Chicken and Mongolian Beef. This recipe is like those two favorite dishes combined into one delicious, healthy Asian dish.

Sabrina’s Sesame Beef Recipe

With just a few simple ingredients and easy steps, you can make delicious Sesame Beef at home! This is a healthier Chinese beef recipe, with the meat marinated in a light sauce and stir-fried, instead of battering and deep-frying. You do need to marinate the beef for a couple hours but once it starts cooking, time flies. I like to prep and marinate the meat the night so it’s guaranteed to be juicy and flavorful, plus it makes getting dinner on the table a lot quicker.

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Ingredients

▢ 1 pound flank steak , thinly sliced against the grain
▢ 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
▢ 1/4 cup white sugar
▢ 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
▢ 2 teaspoons sesame oil
▢ 3 cloves garlic , minced
▢ 1/3 cup green onions , chopped
▢ 2 teaspoons sesame seeds

Instructions

To a large mixing bowl add the steak, soy sauce, sugar, vegetable oil, sesame oil, garlic, and green onions.
Mix well and cover with plastic wrap.
Cover with plastic wrap and let marinate for at least 2 hours but preferably overnight.
To a very hot large skillet on high heat add the beef (drain marinade well first into separate bowl and reserve)
Brown beef for 1-2 minutes on each side until cooked though. Transfer to a plate.
Add in the reserved marinade and bring to a boil. Reduce to medium-high heat and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the beef back to the pan and toss in the sauce to coat, cooking about 30 seconds.
Garnish with sesame seeds.

Notes

*If you use sauce that beef was marinating in, you must bring it to a boil and simmer it for 5 minutes for food safety. Remove the beef before simmering so it doesn’t dry out.

*You can also make a second batch of the marinade instead of the sauce used on the raw beef. Instead of removing the beef, just add the freshly made sauce to the pan and simmer for 30 seconds.