Thai Peanut Beef
Skip the take-out tonight and try this unbelievably easy 20-minute dish that the whole family will love!
Jason and I are trying to cut down on ordering out so I’ve been trying to make a lot of take-out dishes right at home, whether it’s Chinese orange chicken, honey walnut shrimp, or PF Chang’s Mongolian beef. But my new favorite has to be this unbelievably easy 20 minute Thai peanut beef.
Seriously, I kid you not – this dish really comes together in just 20 minutes with 10 minute prep, maybe even less. It’s a simple peanut butter sauce that you stir in to the cooked flank steak. That’s it! Not to mention how tasty it is too! The subtle sweet peanut sauce blends in so well with the crisp beef slices, and when you drizzle on that Sriracha, it is absolute perfection.
So the next time you think about ordering take-out, I really urge you to make this – it’s so easy, so quick and it’s sure to be a family favorite!
Thai Peanut Beef
Ingredients
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons Sriracha, or more, to taste
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 ½ pounds flank steak, thinly sliced across the grain
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 green onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons peanuts, chopped
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together peanut butter, soy sauce, brown sugar, Sriracha and 2 tablespoons water; set aside.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium high heat. Add beef and cook until browned, about 3-4 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in peanut butter mixture until well combined, about 1-2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with green onion and peanuts, if desired.
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I’ve been obsessing over this recipe all day. Making for dinner tonight!
Im not a fan of beef! Would this be just as good with chicken?
Lydia, you can certainly use chicken but you will have to adjust cooking time as needed.
Tried this in the crockpot and it smelled so good going in. I added some pure coconut milk to give a little extra liquid but it was horrible. I made another crockpot recipe this week that cooked the meat in the crockpot with just chicken broth and then you drained it discarded the broth and added the hoisin sauce and cooked 30 more min in the crockpot to just heat it through. I think this would work great with this recipe so next time I’ll cook meat using beef broth discard broth when meat is done and add the sauce heat on low 30 min till heated through. Hoping this can help someone else.
Thanks SO much for the recipe!! I love it and so does my husband! I’ve made it twice and am making it again tonight. Really delicious, and as easy as can be to put together.
This is a meal that has become part of our regular menu plan. It is so yum and even the kids really enjoy it
This dish is delicious! I’ve already made it twice and have to urge to make it again for dinner tonight. I make some coconut rice to serve with it, and it’s a huge hit! Thanks so much for the recipe.
Hi, i’ve never heard of coconut rice but I absolutely love coconut 🙂 What’s your recipe for it?
I absolutely love this recipe! Thanks so much for posting it.
I made this tonight and the flavor was so good! I’m not even a huge fan of beef, but I really enjoyed this. Will definitely make again, thanks!
The dish looks ok, but there is no such thing as Thai peanut beef in Thailand. Maybe it’s Thai inspired? Still, there is only like 1-2 dishes ever in Thailand that use peanuts.
Fon, this is a Thai-inspired/fusion dish. I never stated that this is a specific dish found in Thailand.
Hi there, you seem to use Sriracha in alot of your recipes. Can you use cayenne pepper instead? And where do you think I can find the Sriracha at? Kroger?
All your recipes look so inviting
Mary, unfortunately, cayenne pepper is not an appropriate substitute for Sriracha. Sriracha is a very common Asian hot sauce sold in most grocery stores.
OMG! Made this last night for dinner …. made a giant pan of it so there’d be enough for lunch today and ALL GONE we just devoured this. Didn’t even make a sound while we ate.
A new favourite in our home, and SO SO easy to make!!
Thanks!
I love anything with peanut sauce like this!
Amazing recipe and the bonus part is you get to save all the calories from take-out food. I didn’t have the Sirarcha, but I used red pepper flakes instead. I made this recipe with chicken and my 3 yr. old gave me 2 thumbs up;)
Hey,
I was wondering if you’ve tried this recipe with chicken?
Jenise, I have not tried this with chicken but I’m sure it would work just fine in place of the flank steak.
I am all for a quick and delicious meal, love this!
This looks so amazing! Love the fact it only takes 20-minutes to make! The recipe looks delicious- may have to try this soon…:)
Love love love peanut sauce! I usually have it with chicken, but totally need to try it with the flank steak like you! Lately all I have been wanting to do is order take-out like crazy, its like you read my mind! Can’t wait to try, pinning and sharing on social media! Thanks Chung-Ah!
This seriously makes me wish I was at home in my kitchen because I want, no NEED, to make this and eat it allllll. Peanut beef is high on my list of favorites ever. And yours looks so so good! Pinned!
Wow. Came across your blog recently. You have a lot of awesome looking dishes that I can’t wait to try. This peanut butter beef sounds so satisfying.
Thanks for doing amazing work on your blog. It looks terrific!
I will gladly take a huge bowl of this and skip take-out! I love making take-out dishes at home – so much easier and healthier cause you can control the crazy sodium levels that take-out has! Yummmm!