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    Home > Asian

    Beef and Broccoli

    Published: Jan 7, 2021 · Modified: Mar 22, 2021 by Nicky Corbishley

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    Tender beef steak, stir fried with broccoli and a heavenly Chinese-style stir fry sauce. Simple, quick and delicious!
    It's all ready in 20 minutes, so it makes a great mid-week meal for the family.

    Close up overhead image of Chinese beef and broccoli in a pan with a wooden spoon.

    Jump to:
    • 📋 What do we need?
    • 🔪 How to make this Chinese Beef and Broccoli
    • 🍽️ What to serve it with
    • 📺 Watch how to make it
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    • 💬 Reviews

    Gotta love a quick dinner that basically tastes like a tasty takeaway!

    This recipe uses a reasonably inexpensive cut of beef, sliced extra thinly - so it's nice and tender. It's fried quickly before being smothered in a delicious Chinese-style savoury sauce along with lots of crunchy broccoli. I love serving it on a big pile of fluffy white rice for a comforting weeknight dinner.

    📋 What do we need?

    Ingredients for Chinese beef and broccoli on a wooden table.
    • Steak - I like to use feef skirt or flank as it's a fairly inexpensive cut of meat with good flavour. It does have to be cut thinly though. If it's cut too thick, it will be chewy. If you prefer you can use sirloin or ribeye steak. These cuts are more tender (and more expensive!) - so they can be cut a little thicker if you prefer.
    • Broccoli - I use tenderstem broccoli (or broccolini) as we're only cooking it for a few minutes, so you want nice thin broccoli stalks to give a bit of crunch - rather than regular broccoli florets that will be too thick to chew through.
    • Soy sauce - I use a mixture of light and dark. Light for salty seasoning, and a dark for that wonderful colour and a little sweetness.
    • Chinese rice wine - A REALLY important ingredient to add depth to the sauce. Sherry is a good replacement if you haven't got any rice wine.
    • Sesame oil - for a golden toasty-ness and delicious aroma.

    🔪 How to make this Chinese Beef and Broccoli

    **Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post**

    • Mix together the sauce ingredients and put to one side. The sauce is a combination of beef stock, light and dark soy sauce, Chinese rice wine (you can swap for sherry if you haven't got rice wine), sesame oil, sugar, white pepper and black pepper.
    • Fry up slices of very thinly sliced flank/skirt steak. Remove from the pan, then fry up plenty of tenderstem broccoli. We only need to fry for a couple of minutes - so it retains that lovely crunch. Remove it from the pan too.
    • Next we fry up a little ginger and garlic, just for 30 seconds or so (so the garlic doesn't burn), then add in the sauce and bubble it all together.
    • Thicken the sauce with a little cornstarch slurry, then add the steak and broccoli back to the pan and toss together.
    8 image collage showing how to make beef and broccoli

    👩‍🍳PRO TIP To ensure you get really thin slices of steak (which is important, so the steak isn't chewy), place the steak in the freezer for 10-30 minutes before slicing. This will make the meat firmer and easier to slice thinly.

    Serve with rice and top with a sprinkling of sesame seeds.

    beef and broccoli topped with sesame seeds in a bowl with rice. Chopsticks resting on bowl.

    🍽️ What to serve it with

    • Fluffy Boiled Rice
    • Cauliflower Fried Rice
    • Special Fried Rice
    • or Egg Fried Rice

    Chopsticks taking a piece of Chinese beef from a bowl of beef and broccoli.

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    beef and broccoli stir fry in a pan with a wooden spoon

    Beef and Broccoli

    By: Nicky Corbishley
    Simple and quick, this tender beef and broccoli in a heavenly homemade Chinese-style stir fry sauce is ready in 20 minutes.
    5 from 11 votes
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 15 minutes mins
    Total Time 20 minutes mins
    Course Dinner
    Cuisine Chinese
    Servings 4
    Calories 398 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 3 tbsp vegetable oil - (or swap for any other high smoke point flavourless oil)
    • 500 g (1.1lbs) skirt/flank steak - sliced very thinly, against the grain *Tip 1
    • 450 g 1lb tenderstem broccoli - (broccolini) any thicker pieces sliced in half length-ways
    • 1 tsp minced ginger
    • 2 cloves garlic - minced

    Sauce Ingredients:

    • 250 ml 1 cup + 2 tsp hot beef stock (water + 1 stock cub is fine)
    • 3 tbsp light soy sauce
    • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
    • 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine - you can swap for sherry if you like
    • 2 tsp sesame oil
    • 3 tbsp light brown sugar
    • ⅛ tsp white pepper
    • ⅛ tsp black pepper
    • 2 tbsp cornflour - cornstarch, mixed with 5 tbsp cold water to make a slurry

    To finish:

    • 1 tsp sesame seeds

    INSTRUCTIONS
     

    • Start by mixing together all of the sauce ingredients EXCEPT the cornflour (cornstarch) slurry in a bowl. Put to one side.
    • Heat 2 tbsp 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. (see Tip 2 re: frying for longer if you like your broccoli softer).
    • 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. You may not need all of the slurry.
    • 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.

    Video

    ✎ 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. Then be sure to transfer the broccoli as well as any liquid left in the pan to the bowl – don’t leave any water behind or it will spit when you add oil to the wok for the next step).
    Cut of Beef:
    I like to use Beef skirt/flank as it's a fairly inexpensive cut of meat with good flavour. It does have to be cut thinly though. If it's cut too thick, it will be chewy.
    If you prefer you can use sirloin or ribeye steak. These cuts are more tender (and more expensive!) - so they can be cut a little thicker if you prefer.
    Nutritional Information is approximate and is per portion, without rice.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 398kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 33gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 75mgSodium: 1349mgPotassium: 476mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 1985IUVitamin C: 104mgCalcium: 123mgIron: 3mg
    Keywords Beef Stir Fry, Chinese Stir Fry Recipe
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    1. Raquel says

      September 21, 2022 at 11:38 pm

      5 stars
      This recipe has been a part of our weekly rotation for almost a year now. We love it. The beef is a really chewy unless I sous vide cook it. Great flavors! When I cook per the recipe instructions it always takes min 45 min. Cooking is my favorite hobby so I’m not a beginner lol! Thank you for sharing

      Reply
    2. Karen Reed says

      March 03, 2022 at 9:22 pm

      5 stars
      Very easy recipe ! Very tasty..

      Reply
    3. Debbie says

      December 27, 2021 at 1:56 am

      5 stars
      Substitute honey for sugar and added a little Sriracha

      Reply
    4. Diana says

      December 16, 2021 at 1:10 am

      5 stars
      Big hit in my house. Made some home made egg rolls to go with it. Will make again

      Reply
    5. Leah B. says

      November 11, 2021 at 1:22 am

      5 stars
      This was fantastic! I have a very picky 6 year old that couldn’t get enough of it. I made the suggested cauliflower rice with it and was really excited about how delicious it was! Thank you, great recipes!

      Reply
    6. bailey says

      November 10, 2021 at 10:06 pm

      5 stars
      it took me an hour, not 20 minutes! im not a speedy chef though! it turned out great though, love this recipe!

      Reply
    7. Debbie says

      October 15, 2021 at 12:14 am

      5 stars
      Very good! The family loved it. Nice flavor and also has lots of eye appeal! Will make it again!

      Reply
    8. Zoe says

      February 20, 2021 at 5:33 pm

      5 stars
      This recipe is amazing. I’ve never liked stir fry or broccoli. I made this for my boyfriend. But I loved it myself. Definitely a keeper. Thank you for sharing.

      Reply
    9. Frankie Travis says

      January 12, 2021 at 2:39 am

      5 stars
      I used deer meat in this recipe. I'm not fond of deer meat, so I prepare it in dishes that have marinades or sauces. We really enjoyed this. The flavors are a little different than my usual beef and broccoli stir fry and it was a nice change. The family said I need to make this one again!

      Reply
    10. Holly says

      January 11, 2021 at 1:23 am

      It looks so hearty and delicious. Better than any Chinese takeout! Yummy!

      Reply
    11. Roger Kille says

      January 07, 2021 at 3:30 pm

      5 stars
      I don't think my butcher will have any "feef"! 😂

      Reply
    12. Richard says

      January 07, 2021 at 3:26 pm

      5 stars
      So simple and and easy and absolutely delish! I think my Annabelle my 4 legged furbabie could make this!😂😋😋😋

      Reply
      • Maureen Stockdale says

        January 08, 2021 at 9:14 am

        Do you have to add the sugar as I’m trying to go sugar free at the moment

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