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Beef and Broccoli [Quick & Easy]
This Beef and Broccoli recipe features tender beef in a homemade Chinese stir fry sauce, ready in just 20 minutes.
Equipment
- wok or large frying pan
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon neutral oil can use avocado oil
- 500 g skirt/flank steak sliced very thinly, against the grain
- 450 g tenderstem broccoli any thicker pieces sliced in half length-ways
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger
- 2 cloves garlic minced
Sauce Ingredients
- 250 ml hot beef stock (water + 1 stock cube is fine)
- 3 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine can swap for sherry
- 2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 3 tablespoon light brown sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon white pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoon cornflour (cornstarch) mixed with 5 tablespoon cold water to make a slurry
To finish
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- Mix together all of the sauce ingredients EXCEPT the cornflour slurry in a bowl. Put to one side.
- Heat 2 tablespoon of the oil over a high heat in wok or large frying pan.
- Add the sliced steak and cook for 2-3 minutes, turning once or twice, until the steak is just cooked.
- Transfer to a bowl using a slotted spoon, leaving any oil behind in the wok.
- Add the broccoli to the wok and stir fry for 2 minutes, stirring often. Then transfer to the bowl with the steak.
- Turn the heat down to medium and add in the remaining tablespoon of oil.
- Add the ginger and garlic and fry, stirring often, for 30 seconds.
- Add in the sauce mixture, turn up the heat to high and stir together.
- Allow the sauce to come to the boil, then slowly pour in the cornstarch slurry, whilst stirring, until the sauce thickens.
- Add the beef and broccoli back into the wok and toss together. Cook for a further minute, then turn off the heat.
- Serve with boiled or fried rice and topped with a sprinkling of sesame seeds.
Notes
*Tip 1 Freeze the Steak - just a little
Place the steak in the freezer for 10-30 minutes before slicing. This will make the meat firmer and easier to slice thinly.
*Tip 2 - Fry the broccoli for longer if you like it softer
We want the broccoli for this dish to be tender, but still bright green and with a bit of crunch. If you like your broccoli softer, stir fry for an extra couple of minutes. You can add a tablespoon of water to help it cook quicker and more evenly.
Place the steak in the freezer for 10-30 minutes before slicing. This will make the meat firmer and easier to slice thinly.
*Tip 2 - Fry the broccoli for longer if you like it softer
We want the broccoli for this dish to be tender, but still bright green and with a bit of crunch. If you like your broccoli softer, stir fry for an extra couple of minutes. You can add a tablespoon of water to help it cook quicker and more evenly.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 398kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 33gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 75mgSodium: 1349mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12g
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