Beef and Broccoli
Lately I have been on a big rice kick and loving it for dinner with some form of protein and vegetable. Since beef and broccoli is one of my favorite dishes to order whenever I get takeout Chinese food, I decided to try to make my own. Easy enough of a dish to whip up on a weeknight and the leftovers were perfect for a next-day lunch.
When making this meal I looked up the origin of beef & broccoli and learned that it was originally prepared by Chinese immigrants in San Francisco when broccoli was introduced to them and they used it to try and mimic a more traditional Chinese dish called “Gai Lan Chao Niu Rou”. Because they were unable to find this Chinese variant of broccoli in the US, this dish was created as a replacement. This specific recipe below is definitely a low-ingredient style of this dish, but if you are looking to add more flavor through traditional ingredients (oyster sauce, light and dark soy sauce, etc), I found this delicious looking recipe
Beef and Broccoli
Ingredients
- Broccoli (2 heads)
- Ginger (1tbsp minced)
- Garlic (2 tbsp minced)
- Beef (1lb) - could be flank steak or stew meat
- Cornstarch (2 tbsp)
- Coconut aminos or soy sauce (1 cup)
- Rice (1 cup)
- Siracha (2 tbsp)
- Water (2 cups)
- Chicken broth (1/2 cup)
- Salt
- Pepper
- Red pepper flakes
- Olive oil
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the beef with 1 tbsp of corn starch, 1/2 cup of coconut aminos or soy sauce, and season with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes
- Cut the broccoli into small pieces
- Add olive oil to your skillet and, once hot, add the beef
- Allow the beef to cook on one side for ~7 minutes so that it is seared and almost cooked through
- Flip each piece to cook the other side
- Remove the steak from the skillet and place in a bowl to the side
- Add the minced garlic and ginger to the skillet with the beef grease and mix for ~1 minute, or until fragrant
- Add in the chopped broccoli and 1/2 cup of coconut aminos/soy sauce and season with salt and pepper
- Mix 1tbsp of corn starch into 1/2 cup of chicken broth and add that to the broccoli along with 2tbsp of siracha
- Mix together and cover to cook for ~8-10 minutes
- Add the beef back in and mix together and serve on top of the rice