Beef Tip Stir-Fry

Beef Tip Stir-Fry is a classic Chinese-American dish featuring tender beef tips stir-fried with colorful vegetables like bell peppers, onions, and broccoli in a savory sauce. It's a quick-cooking, wok-based meal that highlights the technique of high-heat stir-frying to achieve a perfect sear on the meat while keeping vegetables crisp-tender.

🍽️ Nutrition at a glance

This dish is a high-protein meal with moderate fat content from the beef and cooking oil, and relatively low carbohydrates unless served with rice. A typical serving provides iron, B vitamins, and fiber from the vegetables, with a calorie range of approximately 300-450 calories per serving without rice.

Nutrition breakdown

Calories	350 kcal
Protein	30 g
Carbs	15 g
Fat	18 g
Fiber	2 g
Sugar	5 g
Sodium	600 mg
Iron	4 mg
Potassium	450 mg
Vitamin B12	2.5 mcg
Zinc	6 mg
Niacin (B3)	8 mg
Selenium	30 mcg
Phosphorus	250 mg
Vitamin B6	0.5 mg

Per 1 cup (240 g) · estimated, varies by recipe

💡 What's interesting

The dish showcases the fundamental Chinese cooking principle of 'wok hei'—the breath of the wok—which imparts a distinctive smoky flavor through rapid cooking at extremely high temperatures. Nutritionally, the quick stir-fry method helps preserve the vitamins and minerals in the vegetables better than longer cooking methods.