Sitr Fried Beef Broccoli
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Chinese dish that is popular easy to prepare and cook, consist of tender meat slices and stir fry with florets of fresh broccoli in tangy sauce from oyster sauce, soy sauce, ginger, garlic often paired with steamed plain rice.
How to pick the right vegetable ( Stir Fried Beef Broccoli )
For preparing this dish make sure to pick the green one that is solid green and no discoloration, it has to be solid green and no discoloration, cut it into florets and then soak it in water with tsp of rocksalt or tsp of baking powder this is to properly clean the vegetables.
Type of beef meat-
Can use ribeye, tender loin, Flank steak
For preparing the beef –
The best way for preparing the beef especially this type of dish that require thin slice of meat is too put the meat in the freezer and let it freeze until it’s partially firm this will give you a nice and even thin cut, cut the meat against the grain in this way you dont need to use meat tenderizer.
Beef Broccoli
Ingredients
- 1 medium size Broccoli cut into florets Pick the one that has no yellow color
- 320 g beef sirloin or flank steak thinly sliced cut against the grain
- 2 tbsp soy sauce (silver swan) for beef marinade
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce (lee kum kee) for beef marinade
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce For stir fry sauce
- 4 tbsp soy sauce ( silver swan ) For stir fry sauce
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp finely chopped ginger (optional)
- 3 cloves garlic thinly slice ( optional )
- 6 tbsp oil for searing and stir fry
- 1 tbsp dark soy
- ¾ cup water or stock
- 1 Whole onion White or Red
Instructions
- Cut the broccoli into florets and soak in water with rocksalt or tsp of baking powder.1 medium size Broccoli cut into florets
- Chop the garlic or thinly slice I lke to brown this garlic and use the oil and use this as a garnish at the end.3 cloves garlic thinly slice ( optional )
- slice the onion into strip or julienned but before doing anything try to put the onion inside the freezer for about 10 minutes before chopping this is to lessen teary eyes while slicing onions.1 Whole onion White or Red
- Finely chop the ginger this will add flavor to the dish originally in China they put ginger but in my video I skipped it .1 tsp finely chopped ginger (optional)
- Cut the beef meat into thin slices320 g beef sirloin or flank steak thinly sliced
- Marinate the beef with soy sauce and oyster sauce for 15 minutes.2 tbsp soy sauce (silver swan), 1 tbsp oyster sauce (lee kum kee)
- In a separate bowl mix the following ingridient's and make sure to dissolve the cornstarch before adding it to the pan.4 tbsp soy sauce ( silver swan ), 1 tbsp cornstarch, 1 tbsp dark soy, ¾ cup water or stock
- In a wok or deep pan heat up oil to medium heat and fry garlic by frequently stirring until golden brown then set aside, I skipped this part and still turns out good but if preppered the result is much much better you can check my other recipe on how to brown garlic.
- Using the same oil ( garlic oil ) heat up to medium high heat and sear a portion of beef until until caramelized and continue the reamaining and do not over crowd or cook all at the same time as it will become watery and not be able to achieved the caramelized brown beef.320 g beef sirloin or flank steak thinly sliced
- In the same pan or skillet heat oil to medium heat and add the onions stir until transluscent then add the ginger saute for 1 minute add the broccoli continue to stir until the broccoli turns dark green.1 medium size Broccoli cut into florets
- Dissolve the the cornstarch mixture once again before adding to the pan and mix until ssauce thicken.4 tbsp soy sauce ( silver swan ), 1 tbsp cornstarch, 1 tbsp dark soy, ¾ cup water or stock, 1 tsp finely chopped ginger (optional)
- Add the seared beef to the pan and stir quickly turn off the heat and adjust taste by adding salt and pepper according to your taste and serve with hot plain rice.320 g beef sirloin or flank steak thinly sliced
