Cooking methods

Stir Frying

Stir frying is a method of cooking meat in oil. A stir fry dinner is fast, healthy and easy to prepare because you cook vegetables after the meat, then combine. Typically a wok or a heavy skillet is used for stir frying.

Stir Frying Instructions

1) Slice meat across the grain into very thin slices.

2) Heat skillet or wok and add oil. Usually olive or canola oil is used in stir frying. Add only enough oil to coat meat being cooked. If you add too much, the stir fry tends to be greasy. The temperature of the oil is good when the oil begins to smoke (called "smoke point"). Do not let skillet cool after it achieves this point.

3) Cook a small amount of meat at a time. If you cook too much meat at once, it will cool down your skillet, and you want your skillet to stay good and hot.

4) After meat is cooked, remove and add stir fry vegetables (snow peas, carrots, red peppers, onions or zucchini will work nicely). Don't cook meat and vegetables together or you'll end up boiling them.

5) After you've cooked the vegetables, toss together in the hot skillet very briefly. Add sauce (i.e. soy) at this point.

Cuts for Stir Frying
Flank Steak
Ribeye Steak
Strip Steak
Sirloin Top Butt
Tenderloin
Top Round (if cut very thin)
Eye of Round (if cut very thin)

For a great stir fry recipe, please see Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry in the recipe section.