Fried beef in a frying pan

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 10 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to fry soft beef with onions in a frying pan? To begin, prepare all the necessary ingredients. You don't have to add onions if you don't like them.

2. STEP 2

   

   Mix salt, sugar and ground black pepper in a small bowl.

3. STEP 3

   

   Wash the beef, dry it and cut into medium pieces.

4. STEP 4

   

   Peel the onion and cut into half rings. To prevent the onion from stinging your eyes while slicing, rinse it and the knife with cold water.

5. STEP 5

   

   Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Read about how to choose the ideal frying pan, as well as how to choose the right vegetable oil in separate articles, links at the end of the recipe. Place the beef pieces in the pan, sprinkle with a mixture of salt, sugar and pepper and stir.

6. STEP 6

   

   Cook beef over high heat, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes. The sugar should begin to caramelize.

7. STEP 7

   

   When the beef is browned, add the chopped onion to the pan and stir. Fry everything together for about 5 minutes until the onion is translucent. During this time, heat the water until hot.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour 100 ml of hot water into the pan.

9. STEP 9

   

   Reduce heat to low, cover the pan with a lid and simmer the meat for 30-35 minutes until cooked. The exact time depends on the size of the pieces of meat, the chosen frying pan and the operating characteristics of your stove. Serve the beef hot. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Danela

28.08.2023

4.5

Good, affordable recipe. Thank you! I love cooking beef stroganoff in a frying pan. The meat is soft, the gravy is finger licking good!

Olga

28.08.2023

4.5

“You don’t have to add onions to the meat” - this is definitely not for me! The more onions in the fried meat, the tastier it is, but of course not more than the meat itself. I added the onion after stewing the beef, after the water had boiled away and fried until soft. The fried beef in a frying pan was very tasty, sugar gave it an unusual taste, I had never added it to meat before, and the meat looked as if it had been fried in soy sauce. The flavor of the beef and onions is great.