Protein foods are a large part of a healthy diet.
This Chinese broccoli beef recipe is a stir fry beef and broccoli recipe that is quick and easy to prepare and adds protein from the beef strips.
Make sure you have gluten free soy sauce if you really need this recipe to be gluten free.
Stir fry recipes are a great way to include more vegetables in our diet. You can pack the pan with a variety of great veggies and the mix will taste delicious.
Stir fry recipes really are just a guideline.
If you have a vegetable that your family prefers, put it in. Don’t like something? Simply leave it out.
Healthy and delicious AND from start to finish, dinner is ready in 30 minutes. Can’t beat that!
Broccoli is also one of the healthiest foods to eat and one that we should include on our menus often.
Chinese Broccoli Beef Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound lean beef steak, round steak is fine
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 to 2 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger, grated
- 2 cups broccoli, in small flowerets
- 1 1/2 cups mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 red pepper, diced
- 4 green onions, sliced into 1" pieces
- 1 tablespoon oil
- cooked rice
Instructions
- Slice beef thinly across the grain. Add 1 tablespoon soy sauce and set aside to marinate while you get everything else ready.
- Mix together the broth, soy sauce, cornstarch and ginger and set aside. Spray a cold frying pan or wok with non-stick spray and heat to mid high heat.
- Add broccoli, mushrooms, red pepper and green onions. Cook, stirring at all times, for 3 or 4 minutes. Vegetables will be tender but still crisp. Remove vegetables from wok.
- Add the oil to the wok, being careful as the pan is quite hot. Add beef slices and stir fry for 2 or 3 minutes until beef is just slightly pink in the center. Push the beef away from the center of the pan.
- Stir the sauce mixture again then add to the center of the pan. Cook the sauce with the beef, stirring at all times, until the sauce thickens and bubbles.
- Return the vegetables to the wok or pan. Stir all together until everything is well coated and heated through.
- Serve over hot cooked rice, or alone if you want a meal lower in carbohydrates.
Nutrition
Variations and Tips:
- This Chinese broccoli beef recipe is not a high fat dish but if you really want to lower the fat content, omit the oil for frying and fry in a non-stick pan or wok.
- To slice beef very thin partially freeze it, or if frozen, slice before it is completely thawed.
- Experiment with other vegetables – red pepper, peas, asparagus, carrots, celery, sugar snap peas, corn are all great additions to a stir fry.
- For more variety, look for Chinese vegetables and try an even more authentic stir fry. Look for bok choy, napa cabbage, bean sprouts and snow peas. Turn it into an authentic Chinese Broccoli Beef recipe.
It actually made our list of 10 healthiest foods. Look here to see why.
Please note that the nutritional calculations above are for the stir fry alone and do not include the rice or noodles you serve it on.
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My husband purchased frozen broccoli beef in a bag that makes several meals. Last use, he used all the broccoli, but has beef and sauce left. What should I do to the broccoli before adding it to the sause and beef
Easy Carol. Just steam the broccoli and add it to the mix.
Karen
It drives me absolutely NUTS when a pepper ingredient is described as “red”. I need to know whether you mean a ripe bell pepper or a ripe serrano pepper. As far as I know, all peppers turn red.
In this case I mean a red bell pepper, but you could certainly use other red peppers as well. Suit your own taste.
From CMack:
I fried the thinly sliced beef very quickly and still it was tough – suggestions?????
From Karen:
Could be the cut of beef you used. Some cuts are tougher and need longer cooking time or a marinade.
I don’t know the web address off-hand, but if you search for how to tenderize beef, you should be able to find the method that involves baking soda. It’s used by some Chinese cooks.