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Wednesday night, I thought I would try my hand at cooking Broccoli Beef. I rarely make Asian inspired cuisine because honestly it’s just easier to call one of our favorite restaurants and order some takeout.
I am a big fan of Cashew Chicken and Crab Rangoon, but I figured those may be a little out of my realm, so I opted for something that seemed a tad bit easier.
When looking for a recipe, I headed straight to the Steamy Kitchen site because I was pretty certain Jaden would have an amazing recipe for me to follow. My search at Steamy Kitchen led me a recipe that Jaden posted on Simply Recipes. After a quick glance through the ingredient list, I was pretty thrilled that I had everything on hand except oyster sauce. You know I hate those mid-week grocery trips, but I sucked it up and stopped into Kroger for the ingredient. Shockingly enough, my little Kroger had oyster sauce…albeit a very dusty bottle of oyster sauce.
I did adapt this recipe a little bit, spicing it up with some Sriracha and red pepper flakes. I also tossed in some toasted sesame seeds and sliced green onions, just because I’m crazy like that! I served this up with some jasmine rice and it was fabulous. Brian claimed it was better than the broccoli beef from our fave chinese restaurant. I am totally ordering Jaden’s cookbook to get inspired; hell, I may even buy a wok!
Broccoli Beef
Ingredients
For the beef and marinade
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon cornstarch
- ¾ pound flank or sirloin steak sliced thinly across the grain
For the sauce
- ¼ cup chicken broth or beef broth
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha
For stir fry
- 2 tablespoons high-heat cooking oil
- ¾ pound broccoli florets
- 2 cloves garlic very finely minced or smushed through garlic smusher
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 1 tablespoon water
- Sliced green onion for garnish
- Sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
- Marinate the beef: Stir together the beef marinade ingredients in a medium bowl. Add the beef slices and stir until coated. Let stand for at least 10 minutes.
- Prepare the sauce: Stir together the sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
- Blanch the broccoli: Cook the broccoli in a small pot of boiling, salted water until tender-crisp, about 2 minutes. Drain thoroughly.
- Heat a large frying pan or wok over high heat until a bead of water sizzles and instantly evaporates upon contact. Add the cooking oil and swirl to coat. Add the beef and immediately spread the beef out all over the surface of the wok or pan in a single layer (preferably not touching). Let the beef fry undisturbed for 1 minute.
- Flip the beef slices over, add the garlic to the pan and fry for an additional 30 seconds to 1 minute until no longer pink.
- Pour in the sauce, add the blanched broccoli and bring to a boil. Pour in the dissolved cornstarch and cook, stirring, until the sauce boils and thickens, 30 seconds. Garnish with green onion and sesame seeds.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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My daughter would absolutely love this dish. Thanks for the recipe. Looks so delicious.
Buy a wok! So many things you can do with one!
And I love sriracha sauce… mmm… [K]
Broccoli beef is one of my favorites! This looks terrific.
Broccoli Beef is my fav Asian dish! I’m gonna lick the screen. :)
I used to work at a Chinese restaurant (for 3 years!) The best part… free Chinese food EVERY DAY. It never got old. Anyway, making crab rangoons is actually not that hard. You should try it. I never made the mix for them at the restaurant, but I’ve assembled hundreds of them. It’s fun and delicious!
Yum!! I think you can totally do Cashew Chicken – especially if you have all those ingredients already in your cabinet!!
I have made alot of Jadens recipes and they are all so amazing. This looks delicious!
Yup. I’m making this!
love broccoli beef! and good call with adding sriracha. i add it to almost all of the asian-inspired dishes i cook. makes it so much yummier.
Yay! I have been longing for Broccoli Beef since I saw your preview on Facebook. Weight Watchers is not super Chinese food friendly, but this looks awesome and healthy! Yay