Broccoli Beef Stir-Fry
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Broccoli Beef is a very popular Chinese dish in the US. It makes sense as both broccoli and beef are easily available here. Broccoli can be found in the stores year round and prices do not change that much from one season to the next. Besides being a very tasty dish, it is also an attractive one with the bright green broccoli mixed in. Sometimes a little carrot and red pepper are thrown into the mix. This dish makes a complete meal served with a bowl of steamed rice.
I do not remember having had this dish when I was growing up. Beef is usually paired with green onions or scallions. For many Chinese families, pork and chicken are the preferred meats and beef is rarely cooked at home. It is considered to have a strong flavor and ginger is almost always used to mask that flavor. For some, beef is not eaten because of religious reasons. Also historically, the oxen or buffalo were useful farming animals and respected. Thus, it was believed that they were not to be repaid by being eaten.
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This simple stir-fry can be cooked in under 10 minutes. I like to add a little green or red pepper to the dish. Sometimes, I use celery in place of broccoli. Sesame oil is best added at the end of as it tends to lose its flavor when over heated.
Ingredients
- 1 lb (450g) sirloin beef steak, still partially frozen
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Shao Hsing cooking wine
- 1/8 tsp ground pepper
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1 broccoli crown, cut into flowerettes with stem peeled and sliced
- ½ red bell pepper, sliced into strips
- 2 in knob ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 pips garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp canola oil
Instructions
Trim fat from around beef. Slice against the grain as thinly as possible. Marinate beef with soy sauce, Shao Hsing cooking wine, pepper, and cornstarch for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
Heat a large pan with 1 tablespoon canola oil. Add red bell pepper and broccoli and stir-fry for about 3 minutes. Remove and set aside.
Add remaining oil into the pan. Spread out beef in the pan. Also add garlic. Fry for 3 to 4 minutes.
Add ¼ cup water followed by cooked broccoli and red pepper. Stir to get everything well mixed. This takes about 2 minutes.
Remove and serve immediately with steamed rice.
http://www.rotinrice.com/2012/03/broccoli-beef-stir-fry/
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Hi Biren – I love broccoli beef stir fry. This looks delicious! I didn’t know beef is rarely cooked at Chinese homes. Also, I am smiling as I look at your photo because I took photos of my next post today using the same chopstick rest. So you’ll see it on my photo soon.
this to me is the quintessential american chinese dish… But it tastes great. probably even better if it is home made!
I love this quick stir fry beef. Looks so delicious and I want to cook it tonight for dinner.
This dish looks wonderful!! I also cook mostly chicken and pork in my house. I love Chinese Rice Wine… I only recently discovered it and it’s great. I use it all the time now. I think stir fries are one of my favorite go to recipes because it’s a one pot dish.
I’m so glad to see you use the broccoli stems! I’m always surprised when people throw those away because they’re really so delicious. I love stir fry and this looks absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe, Biren.
It is such a waste not to use the stems as they make up a lot of the weight. They are really sweet and delicious especially in a stir-fry.
It looks so good, I haven’t made this in awhile. need to do it soon!
Hi,
This looks so flavorful. Whenever we go to a Chinese restaurant, we always order stir fry beef with broccoli. I will have to try your recipe out at home. Thanks, looks wonderful!
Love quick and delicious stir-fries!
Biren, your beef with broccoli looks delicious, one of my favorite dishes…looks pretty with the red bell peppers in it.
Hope you are having a fabulous week
Perfect week night dinner here. All we need is miso soup (in our home) and steamed rice! I love veggies and meat in one dish!
I did make some miso soup and another vege dish to go with this. Miso soup is my fallback soup as it can be made in no time.
Simple but delicious, I usually use pork which is more readily available at the market:)
I know what you mean as chicken and pork are the preferred meats. This will definitely be tasty with pork.
I hardly eat beef when I was living in Singapore but appreciate beef better now after we moved to Australia.
Your broccoli beef stir fry looks very delicious. What a nice and priceless dish to eat at home.
Even to this day, most Chinese families hardly ever cook beef at home in Malaysia and Singapore. I know what you mean by appreciating beef better since moving to Australia. Likewise over here is the US, the beef is really good and so I cook it every now and then.
My mom makes something very similar to this! I know how delicious it must be
Nice pictures, Biren! Thanks for sharing 
A good stir fry like this wont last a minute in our dining table
Mmmm…love this dish, like from the restaurant. Love the vegetables that give it such a nice mix of colour. Just this dish and a plate of rice would make me happy throughout the day
One of my favorites Biren, your version looks perfect;-)
Beef and broccoli stir fry is my family’s fave! Simple and quick to prepare but totally delicious!
I see that the broccoli has a long stem, it’s good that you put the stems to use in this stir-fry! Also good that the veggies and meat are all in one-dish that saves the trouble of cooking two separate dishes.
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