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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.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 479 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Asian , Chinese
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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Nutrition Information
Calories
479kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
34g
(11%)
Protein
38g
(76%)
Fat
22g
(34%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
5g
Monounsaturated Fat
11g
Cholesterol
77mg
(26%)
Sodium
1631mg
(68%)
Potassium
1504mg
(43%)
Fiber
8g
(32%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
1896IU
(38%)
Vitamin C
272mg
(302%)
Calcium
188mg
(19%)
Iron
5mg
(28%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 479
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 479kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 34g | 11% |
| Protein | 38g | 76% |
| Fat | 22g | 34% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 77mg | 26% |
| Sodium | 1631mg | 68% |
| Potassium | 1504mg | 32% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 1896IU | 38% |
| Vitamin C | 272mg | 302% |
| Calcium | 188mg | 19% |
| Iron | 5mg | 28% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.