Easy Beef and Broccoli Perfect Weeknight Dinner!
Easy Beef and Broccoli Perfect Weeknight Dinner!
A delicious beef and broccoli recipe everyone will love. This delicious dish is perfect for your next dinner and it’s so easy to make!
We love Asian recipes at home, especially when they’re easy! This classic dish is full of flavor and goes perfectly with some fried rice and egg rolls.
What to eat for dinner?
You may have noticed that our family loves any Asian type of recipe. Yep – we’re a little obsessed! We recently tried this easy beef and broccoli for dinner and everyone loved it.
We’ve been long-time fans of the beef + broccoli pairing and love the delicious Asian twist when you add the sauce and sesame seeds. Serve it over rice or noodles and you’re ready to go!
The recipe is also simple, which means this will be the go-to. We ended up blanching the broccoli so the photo looked greener, but you can also omit this step to shorten the time.
Tips for Cooking with Beef
Let’s talk beef – especially this recipe…
- What other cuts of beef can I use? Whatever you have on hand will work. For this recipe we used roast beef chucks, the original recipe used round roasts. A very common cut that people use is flank steak.
- do you know? Adding ½ teaspoon of baking soda to the corned beef will help tenderize the beef.
- A super easy trick to get a great slice of beef is to place your sliced ​​beef in the fridge for about 30-45 minutes. This will make it hard enough to cut. Let it thaw in the marinade, then cook.
How to Make Beef and Broccoli
Blanche. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and blanch the broccoli. Once boiled, add the broccoli and cook for 1-2 minutes. Put in cold water, then drain and dry.
beef. When the water is boiling, whisk together 3 tablespoons cornstarch and 3 tablespoons water in a large bowl. Add the beef and mix well.
Sauce. In another bowl, toss remaining cornstarch with soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, sesame oil and ginger – set aside
Cook. Add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to a large saucepan and cook over medium heat. Add the meat and cook until heated through and the pink color disappears.Remove the meat and set aside
Mix + serve. After the broccoli is blanched, add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil to the pot and cook the broccoli for about 2 minutes. Add beef and sauce to pot and bring to a boil. Cook for 1-2 minutes and serve over rice or noodles sprinkled with sesame seeds.
How to keep broccoli bright green? If you want your broccoli to turn bright green, you need to blanch it first, which is what we do in this recipe. do this:
- Boil water in a pot.
- Place broccoli florets in boiling water for 2-3 minutes.
- Drain and place immediately in cold water.
- Once cool drain and dry the broccoli.
How does the sauce thicken? When the sauce boils, the cornstarch will act as a thickener.
Freezer Meal + Reheat
Can I make beef and broccoli as a freezer meal? Yes! Don’t you like this answer? Simply mix the sauce. Place beef and 1 cup sauce in a ziploc bag. Put the rest of the sauce in a separate ziplock bag.
Place the blanched broccoli florets in the third zip lock. Label each bag and store in the refrigerator for up to 6 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator and cook according to the recipe instructions.
What’s the best way to reheat leftovers? If you’re in a hurry, you can use the microwave, but the best way is to use a frying pan. Heat a pan, add a little olive oil, pour in the leftovers and cook until warm.
We love this easy beef broccoli recipe. You can add more veggies or leave it as is if you want, but we all love it!
What to Serve with Beef and Broccoli:
main course
Chinese food
Prep time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total time 30 minutes
Serving Size 4
Calories 335 kcal
by Lil’ Luna
- 4 cups chopped broccoli
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch divided
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 pound flank steak, cut into strips
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger
- 2 tablespoons oil divided
- sesame seeds
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Bring a large pot of water to a boil and blanch the broccoli. Once boiled, add the broccoli and cook for 1-2 minutes. Put in cold water, then drain and dry.
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When the water is boiling, whisk together 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water in a large bowl. Add the beef and mix well.
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In another bowl, toss remaining cornstarch (1 tablespoon) with soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, sesame oil and ginger – set aside
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Add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to a large saucepan and cook over medium heat. Add the meat and cook until heated through and the pink color disappears.Remove the meat and set aside
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After the broccoli is blanched, add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil to the pot and cook the broccoli for about 2 minutes. Add beef and sauce to pot and bring to a boil. Cook for 1-2 minutes and serve over rice or noodles sprinkled with sesame seeds.