Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry
A Chinese dinner. Ready in about 39 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 34 minPrep (about)
- 5 minCook (about)
- 39 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 1 lb sirloin steak
Fresh & other
- 1 tsp dry sherry
- ½ tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp dry sherry
- ¼ cup chicken stock Shopping tip: Chicken broth (carton or can), or a chicken bouillon cube in hot water.
- 1 lb broccoli
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp water
Sauces & oils
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp high heat cooking oil
Spices & seasonings (1): black pepper
- ¼ tsp black pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
- Marinate the beef
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Stir your beef marinade ingredients (1 soy sauce, 1 teaspoon rice wine, 1 2 cornstarch, 1 8 teaspoon black pepper) in medium bowl.
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Add the beef slices.
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Stir until coated.
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Let stand for 10 minutes.
- Prepare the sauce
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Stir your sauce ingredients (2 tablespoons sauce, 1 teaspoon Chinese wine, 1 teaspoon soy, 1 4 cup chicken broth) in a little bowl.
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Set aside.
- Blanch or steam the broccoli
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Bring pot of water to a boil.
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Add the broccoli.
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Cook until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes.
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Drain well.
- Stir-fry the beef
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Heat a big frying pan or wok on high heat till a bead of water sizzles plus instantly evaporates upon contact.
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Add your cooking oil and swirl to coat.
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Add the beef and right away spread it out all over your surface of your wok or pan in a single layer.
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Let the beef fry undisturbed for 1 min.
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Flip the beef slices over.
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Add the garlic to the pan.
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Fry for an more 30 seconds to 1 min until no longer pink.
- Add the sauce, cornstarch, and broccoli
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Pour in your sauce plus your cornstarch slurry (1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved.
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Do it in 1 tablespoon of water).
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Mix till the sauce boils and thickens, around 30 seconds.
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Stir in the broccoli.
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Serve right away, with steamed rice or on its own.
On the side: Steamed rice
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (25 min)
- Rinse the rice. Simmer it covered in water (2 cups per cup of rice) for about 18 minutes, then let it sit 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.