Beef Stir Fry with Snow Peas & Cashews 

 

1¼ pounds flank steak, cut into thin slices

2 tablespoons soy sauce

¹/₃ cup hoisin sauce

¹/₃ cup water

½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste

2 tablespoons peanut oil or vegetable oil

½ pound snow peas, stem ends trimmed

4 garlic cloves, minced

1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger

½ cup roasted unsalted cashews, chopped

 

1.    Combine steak and soy sauce in medium bowl, cover, and refrigerate while preparing other ingredients.

2.    Whisk hoisin sauce, water, and pepper flakes together in small bowl.

3.    Heat 2 teaspoons oil in large nonstick skillet over high heat until just smoking. Add half of the steak, break up clumps with wooden spoon, and cook, without stirring, for 1 minute. Toss steak until browned around edges, about 30 seconds. Transfer to clean bowl. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in skillet until just smoking and repeat with remaining beef.

4.    To now-empty skillet, add remaining 2 teaspoons oil and heat until just smoking. Add snow peas and cook, stirring once or twice, for 2 minutes.

5.    Clear center of pan and add garlic and ginger. Cook, mashing garlic mixture with back of spatula, until fragrant, about 45 seconds.

6.    Stir garlic mixture into snow peas, then toss in steak.

7.    Whisk hoisin sauce mixture to recombine, pour into pan, and cook until thickened, about 1 minute.

8.    Stir in cashews and transfer to platter. Serve.