Beef Broccoli

What makes Beef broccoli such an easy but delicious dish? All the yummy ingredients from the beef slices marinated with soy sauce, baking soda, salt, pepper, cornstarch, and oil. Cooked with broccoli, garlic, ginger, flavored with a savoy sauce made of oyster sauce, more soy sauce, sugar, pepper, cornstarch, water, sesame oil, then garnished with sesame seeds. Try out this easy beef and broccoli dish that anyone’s sure to love!

Beef Broccoli Recipe:

Ingredients

• 500 grams beef slices
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 500 grams broccoli
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon ginger, minced
• Oil for sauteing

For the Sauce

• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• ½ cup water
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Sesame seeds for garnish

Steps:

1. To prepare the beef, tenderize the beef by mashing it with a mallet. This makes it softer and easier to cook. Slice these into strips and place it in a bowl mixed with soy sauce, oil, baking soda, pepper, and cornstarch. Mix well. Set aside to marinate for 20 minutes.
2. To prepare the broccoli; cut off the broccoli florets, then slice these in half. Cook these in a pot of boiling water with vinegar. 
3. Add in the broccoli and blanch for 3 minutes. Place the broccoli in ice water and let it cool down before straining. Set aside.
4. To make the sauce; mix together oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, pepper, cornstarch, water, and sesame oil. Set aside.
5. In a pan, heat some oil and cook the beef strips till it changes in color. The juices of the beef will come out, keep cooking till most of these are gone, and it looks slightly brown. Take these off the pan.
6. In the same pan; saute garlic and ginger until aromatic before adding in the sauce. Let this simmer until it thickens. Add back the beef and mix till the sauce coats these evenly.
7. Add in the broccoli and give it a good mix beforeing with sesame seeds. Place in a serving dish and Enjoy!

How to make this healthy beef and broccoli recipe

How to cook Beef Broccoli? Sometimes called “Beef Broccoli Stir Fry” or “Chinese Beef and Broccoli” due to the ingredients used to make the sauce, and the method of cooking. It starts with beef, sliced thinly or as thick as you prefer, depending on how thick it can take a bit longer to cook, thinner sliced beef slices will cook faster and might burn if cooked too long. Now make the beef broccoli marinade; mix together soy sauce  and black pepper for color and flavor, oil to help keep the beef moist, baking soda to keep the slices tender, lastly cornstarch to give it a nice char. While the beef is marinating, cook the broccoli by blanching these for a few minutes in a pot of water with a bit of vinegar to keep the broccoli florets vibrant. Prepare the beef broccoli sauce while waiting, mixing oyster sauce, soy sauce and sugar for a rich savory and sweet sauce, including a dash of pepper, and a slurry made out of cornstarch and water to help thicken up the sauce. Add in some sesame oil as well to make it even more aromatic.

To cook; Saute the beef slices with some garlic and ginger for aroma, cooking till these have turned slightly brown. Then add in the broccoli florets and sauce. Mix until everything is coated with the sauce. Garnish with some sesame seeds before serving.

Questions:

• Beef & broccoli calories

It has around 340 calories for a serving of 210 grams.

• Make “Keto Beef and Broccoli”

How to make beef and broccoli for those on a keto diet? To make this low carb, use coconut aminos instead of soy sauce, coconut oil instead of vegetable oil, and less salt as possible (do give it a taste after it’s cooked before adding more), some people would add their salt after the whole dish is done. Also use cauliflower rice instead of plain rice when serving.

• Other meat alternatives : 

Don’t have beef slices available? Try using other cuts of beef like ground beef to make “Ground Beef and Broccoli”, use pork slices instead, or for those who are vegan use tofu instead. You can use any meat to suit your diet.

• Other ways of cooking this tender beef and broccoli stir fry :

While the fastest and easiest would be t stir fry these in a pan, some who use different types of beef parts (examples using bigger cuts like chunks, those with small bones, or ribs) it would be best to use an instant pot and call it “Beef Broccoli instant pot“, a crock pot for “Crock Pot Beef and Broccoli” or a slow cooker for “Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli”. But these are just best when using bigger cuts.

• Ingredients you can add?

For those wanting to add a bit more carbs but isn’t in the mood for rice, add some cooked ramen noodles in the mix to make “Beef and Broccoli ramen”, or use other noodles to make “Beef and Broccoli noodles”, add other ingredients like leafy greens, tofu, or mushrooms for fiber and make some “Beef Broccoli with Mushroom”, for those who like a creamier texture add in some cream or milk, adding a bit of cornstarch or potato starch to thicken the cream to create a “Creamy Beef Broccoli”.

Other Yummy Beef Recipes!

• Garlic pepper Beef
• Beef Nuggets
• Beef Hofan
• Braised Beef Ribs
• Beef Ampalaya (Beef with bittergourd)
• Beef Salpicao
• Beef Steak (Bistek)

Beef Broccoli Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 500 gramo mga hiniwang baka
• 1 kutsarang soy sauce
• 1 kutsarang mantika
• ¼ kutsaritang baking soda
• ½ kutsaritang paminta
• 1 kutsarang cornstarch
• 500 gramo brokuli
• 1 kutsarang suka
• 3 butil ng bawang, tinadtad
• 1 kutsarang luya, tinadtad
• Mantika pang-luto

For the Sauce

• 2 kutsarang oyster sauce
• 2 kutsarang soy sauce
• 1 kutsarang asukal
• ¼ kutsaritang paminta
• 1 kutsarang cornstarch
• ½ tasa ng tubig
• 1 kutsarang sesame oil

Sesame seeds pang dekorasyon

Paano Lutuin :

1. To prepare the beef, tenderize the beef by mashing it with a mallet. This makes it softer and easier to cook. Slice these into strips and place it in a bowl mixed with soy sauce, oil, baking soda, pepper, and cornstarch. Mix well. Set aside to marinate for 20 minutes.
2. To prepare the broccoli; cut off the broccoli florets, then slice these in half. Cook these in a pot of boiling water with vinegar. 
3. Add in the broccoli and blanch for 3 minutes. Place the broccoli in ice water and let it cool down before straining. Set aside.
4. To make the sauce; mix together oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, pepper, cornstarch, water, and sesame oil. Set aside.
5. In a pan, heat some oil and cook the beef strips till it changes in color. The juices of the beef will come out, keep cooking till most of these are gone, and it looks slightly brown. Take these off the pan.
6. In the same pan; saute garlic and ginger until aromatic before adding in the sauce. Let this simmer until it thickens. Add back the beef and mix till the sauce coats these evenly.
7. Add in the broccoli and give it a good mix beforeing with sesame seeds. Place in a serving dish and Enjoy!