The Best Beef & Broccoli
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Beef & Broccoli with noodles or rice is one of our family's go-to dishes for a quick, delicious and nutritious workday meal.
Originally published june 2010.
Served with noodles or rice, Beef & Broccoli is one of our family's go to dishes for a quick healthy meal.
This beef and broccoli recipe, a Chinese take-out favourite, makes a terrific quick cook meal for a busy weekday or busier weekend supper. We serve it with steamed rice or Chinese noodles.
This is also a great buffet dish when serving a crowd or at potluck dinners. It always disappears quickly. We often carry a separate pot of plain steamed rice to add to the buffet and serve with it.
I find that the plain steamed rice is far less fussy than making noodles in advance which would just stick to each other. Rice is easily reheated in the microwave too.
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The Best Beef and Broccoli
Beef and Broccoli with noodles or rice is one of our family's go-to dishes for a quick, delicious and nutritious workday meal.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds of broccoli, (cleaned and cut into 1 ½ inch florets)
- 1 ½ pounds strip loin steak, ask for it thick cut to 1 ½ inches
- salt and pepper to season
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 2 tablespoon peanut oil, or canola oil
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
- ½ teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- 4 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoon oyster sauce
- ⅔ cup beef stock
- Cornstarch Slurry, 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 3 tablespoon cold water
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
Instructions
- Steam the broccoli florets for only about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Drop the steamed florets into a big bowl of ice water to stop the cooking action. Drain the florets from the cold water and set aside.
- Slice the beef across the grain in thin slices. Heat the peanut oil in a wok at the highest heat. Lightly season the beef strips with salt and pepper and cook the beef strips in small batches for only a couple of minutes in the wok. Set aside.
- Saute the minced garlic in the wok for a minute before adding the freshly ground nutmeg, Chinese five spice powder, fresh grated ginger , hoisin sauce, oyster sauce and beef stock. Simmer together for a few minutes before adding enough of the cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce. Taste the sauce and do a final seasoning with salt and pepper if necessary.
- Add the toasted sesame oil.
- Toss the cooked beef strips and broccoli back into the sauce and toss together over high heat only for a minute until the broccoli is heated through.
- Serve over rice or Chinese noodles. Toasted cashews make a nice garnish too.
Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
4 servingsAmount Per Serving Calories 559Saturated Fat 12gCholesterol 137mgSodium 729mgCarbohydrates 21gFiber 5gSugar 8gProtein 41g
can you use this same recipe ingredients for Beef and Mushrooms.
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I'd definitely give it a try with the mushrooms.
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Just made this for supper and it was so good! Much better than the beef and broccoli we usually get in restaurants!
Just made this but substituted chicken and chicken stock instead of beef / beef stock. WOW! Was worth the extra $ to buy sauce ingredients I didn't have. One of the best at-home Asian dishes I have ever made. Thanks!
That's a great idea. Maybe with pork tenderloin medallions too!
Hi Barry,
I don't see the nutritional information for this recipe. Did I miss it somewhere? If you could provide it, I'd appreciate it.
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I made this today without any adjustments and it was very delicious and easy. We will be adding it to our regular meal line up. My tester/spouse gave it a positive review and is happy to have it again. That is a very good review!
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This is a great meal!