Broccoli Beef

Beef and Broccoli is an easy, 1-pan, 30-minute meal. I used flap steak since it is lean and thin. It is easy to chew when thinly sliced against the grain.

Ingredients

Beef - 1 lb

Broccoli florets - from 1-2 heads
Garlic - 2 cloves, minced 

Ginger - 2 thin slices, finely chopped
Soy sauce - 2 TBSP
Fish sauce - 1 TBSP
Sesame oil - 2 tsp  

Black pepper - 1/4 tsp 

[Marinade]
Soy sauce - 2 TBSP
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Sesame oil - 1 TBSP
Black pepper - 1/4 tsp
Tapioca starch - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp

Steps

1. Marinate thin sliced beef with ingredients under “Marinade”. Mix well. 

2. Steam broccoli until they are tender but still crunchy. Set aside.
3. Heat a wok over medium heat with 1.5 TBSP cooking oil. When hot, lower the heat to medium, add garlic and ginger. Season with a small pinch of salt, and stir-fry until fragrant. 

4. Turn up the heat to medium-high, add marinated beef. Spread beef evenly over the bottom of the saute pan and cook until the edge of the beef is slightly darkened and crispy. Do the same thing for flip slide - about ¾ way cooked through with slightly charred and crispy surface. 

5. Add soy sauce, fish sauce, black pepper and sesame oil. Stir-fry for about 1 min. Add broccoli. Stir-fry for another 30 secs. Toss everything to combine.