Quick & Easy Chinese Beef and Broccoli

Tender juicy beef stir fried with crisp broccoli in a delicious rich brown sauce with umami flavor! This quick and easy beef and broccoli recipe is great as a main dish with white rice. A healthy meal to work into your weekly rotation.

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Total Time 30

Course Main Course

Cuisine Asian, Chinese

Servings

Calories per serving 479 kcal

Ingredients

½ lb flank steak or skirt steak or flat iron steak
1 crown broccoli cut into florets
½ inch ginger sliced
2 cloves garlic minced
1 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral tasting oil
2 tablespoon water cold

Stir Fry Sauce:

3 tablespoon oyster sauce or vegetarian stir fry sauce
1 tablespoon cornstarch or potato starch
½ cup chicken stock low sodium or sub with beef stock or vegetable stock

Beef Marinade:

1 tablespoon sesame oil or sub with neutral oil if you're allergic
1 tablespoon regular soy sauce
2 teaspoon Shaoxing wine or sub with Dry Sherry Wine. For non alcohol, omit completely or sub with your choice of broth
1 teaspoon white granulated sugar or brown sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch or potato starch
¼ teaspoon baking soda do not skip this!
⅛ teaspoon white pepper or black pepper

Instructions

Thinly slice beef on a bias into ¼-inch thick strips. Tip: if beef is thawed, freeze beef on a plate fully exposed for 45-60 minutes and when it's slightly frozen on the exterior, you will be able to cut it very thinly with a sharp knife.
Marinate thinly sliced beef with Marinade ingredients (as listed above) for 15 minutes.
In a bowl, mix Stir Fry Sauce ingredients (as listed above) until well combined and set aside.
In a wok or pan on medium heat, add oil. Once oil is hot, fry beef until 95% cooked. Remove beef from pan.
Into the pan, add ginger, garlic, and broccoli. Pour water into pan and mix with broccoli. Cook until broccoli becomes vibrant green, about 1 minute.
Once broccoli is vibrant green, pour in stir fry sauce and mix together. Let sauce thicken.
Once sauce is thick, add back in cooked beef and toss everything together. Remove off heat. Serve and enjoy!

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