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Onion Scallion Beef - Tender, juicy beef stir-fried with onions and scallions in a Chinese brown sauce. Delicious and easy recipe that takes only 20 mins.
My son has a completely different palate than us. While I cook mostly chicken as the main protein for dinners, little G dislikes chicken and will try to avoid eating chicken every time I try to sneak in some in his rice.
He loves beef, and his favorite beef dish is Korean Kalbi. So naturally he prefers beef stir-fries such as ginger and scallion beef instead of chicken stir-fries.
Other than everyone’s favorite Mongolian beef, sometimes I changed my recipe a little bit to incorporate onion into the beef stir-fry to make this super yummy onion scallion beef.
I just think that it makes the overall dish so much tastier. As we all know, onion imparts a sweet flavor once it’s cooked and caramelized, plus it adds extra texture to this onion scallion beef recipe.
For Chinese recipes, it’s very important to velvet the protein so every bite is silky smooth and the beef is tender, just like sesame beef and beef with broccoli.
There is no exception with this recipe as a simple cornstarch would seal in the “juice” of the meat so every bite is pleasing and so inviting.
Onion scallion beef is a super easy recipe to make at home and it practically takes 20 minutes from prep to dinner table.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 376 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Onion Scallion Beef
This meal is best served with steamed rice. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Onion Scallion Beef
Ingredients
- 10 oz (280g) beef tenderloin, thinly sliced
- 2 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 3 stalks scallion, cut into 2-inch (5cm) strips
Marinade:
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon Chinese Shaoxing wine , or dry sherry
Sauce:
- 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon dark soy sauce
- 3 dashes white pepper powder
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Marinate the beef slices with all the Marinade ingredients for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, mix all the Sauce ingredients and stir to combine well. Set aside.
- Heat a wok with 1 tablespoon of oil and stir-fry the marinated beef until it is half-cooked. Remove from the wok and set aside. Drain any excess liquid from the beef.
- Heat the remaining oil and stir-fry the garlic and onion until fragrant. Add the beef back into the wok and stir quickly before adding the sauce.
- Continue stir-frying until the beef slices are fully cooked, then add the scallions. Give it a few quick stirs, then dish out and serve hot with steamed rice.
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Entire family loved this. Great dish and easy!
I just made this for dinner this evening and it was a smash hit! The only changes I made was to double the recipe and substitute in white cooking wine (what I had on hand). My wife requested that I make this again for friends and family very soon.
Hi Jason, that’s great that your family is loving this onion scallion beef. You have to try out some other recipes on my site, they are all good. :)
Happy New Year. :)
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I think you can buy them from Amazon too.
Those pictures look so great!
Thank you for sharing this recipe
Hi, I’ve made this tonight and it was delicious. Love your book and website. Thank you
Thanks Paulina. :)
Is there something that can be substituted for oyster sauce? Looks delicious!
Fish sauce or soy sauce, or sweet soy sauce.
The photography is so beautiful! Made me want to learn it. What lense did you use? Love your site.
Hi Irina, thanks so much, I use Canon 5D Mark II with a 50mm f2.5 lens. :)
Yummy. The only thing I did slightly different is that I sear the meat on the wok with high heat (by not crowding the wok with meat). This way, I don’t have to drain the “blood” that keeps the meat juicy.
Thanks for sharing, Bee.
This does look delicious, it may be onion scallion beef for dinner tonight!
I made this last night for supper and it was delicious! My husband wants me to make it again soon!
BTW, in my town, been tenderloin sells for $30 a pound! I substituted sirloin….
Thanks for trying the Onion Scallion Beef recipe. :)
Oh, thanks for sharing!
Is there a non alcoholic substitute I can use for Chinese Shaoxing wine/dry sherry? This looks delicious.
You can skip it.
Or you can get it through Amazon.com
I order all hard to find ingredients from them and it usually arrives within 3-5 days. Just a thought if you live, as we do, where certain spices or condiments are not available.
The alcohol evaporates during the cooking (at least 1-2 min at full high heat) and only the taste remains. No alcohol is left at all after evaporation.
That is a myth.
https://www.finedininglovers.com/stories/does-alcohol-cook-out/
https://www.oasas.ny.gov/admed/fyi/fyi-cooking.cfm
So easy, and sooooooooooo good!!
Thanks Sharon.
your favorite vinegar :) that’s what I always do in recipes that need only a tsp or tbs of wine.
Lol are you kidding me? Don’t be an idiot! Are you concerned you might not be able to drive after eating this? Smh look, it’s an important taste ingredient so the answer is no. There’s no substitute moron.
Many people don’t drink alcohol for religious reasons, which I am sure you know and are just being a troll (not the word I really wanted to use, but keeping it clean). I suspect the oh so charming word you used – ‘moron’ applies more to you than to JC. If you truly didn’t know that, then I can only assume you are one of those stereotypical Americans who thinks the world begins and ends in the US.
You’re just as bad to bad mouth Americans, So you don’t have any business replying! You apparently don’t know about what it means to assume. Have a nice day hon!
wow, that got mean really fast. chill out and find a fulfilling hobby instead of insulting people on the internet.