Make Your Own Beef Broccoli Stir Fry

One of my favorite Chinese take out comfort foods is Broccoli Beef. I love perfectly stir fried pieces of bite size beef, tender crisp broccoli, with just the right amount of sauce over freshly cooked white rice. I usually cook our stir fry without making a sauce but because we can all appreciate comfort food, I make it take out style with lots of sauce but not as oily.

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Broccoli Beef stir fry should look like this, the slices of beef are cook to medium well or well done, the broccoli pieces are tender but still bright green, and there's just enough sauce to give everything a flavorful bite. Enjoy!

I am very particular about how to make broccoli beef and it has to be made like a Cantonese style stir fry in a frying pan or wok. Master this technique and you can make almost any kind of veggie + meat stir fry.

1. marinate the beef, prep the veggies, and prep the sauce
2. stir fry the beef until browned on both sides, remove from pan
3. add veggies and a splash of water, stir, cover, and steam for 1-2 minutes
4. add the beef back to the broccoli, add the sauce and stir fry until everything is cooked thoroughly and the sauce thickens.

Broccoli Beef Ingredient Tips

You can use broccoli florets but be sure to cook them right after you buy them, otherwise the cut stems will turn black. I like whole broccoli including the stems (my favorite part). I use a paring knife to strip the tough outer layer around the stem and then slice, they're so pretty that way. If you aren't a fan of broccoli, I have a similar stir fry recipe for Asparagus Beef Stir Fry.

My favorite cuts of meat to use for a beef stir fry are either flat iron steak or flap meat. Flat iron steaks are tender and easy to cut across the grain. Beef flap meat is also called "chow gno yook" which means stir fry beef in Cantonese. You can use other cuts of beef, but results will vary.

To read more tips on how to choose and prepare beef for a stir fry, read my post on Beef Stir Fry Secrets.  Looking back on my post (originally posted in 2014 and updated in 2018) I see that the cost has sharply increased, I recently paid $14 per pound for flat iron steak!

When I went shopping for ingredients, the store butcher was out of flat iron steak and they cut the beef flap meat too thinly (butterflied) for a stir fry. He brought out a huge hunk of meat and cut a piece of beef flap meat for me which was super nice. The piece he cut for me was about 2.5 pounds, about 3x more than what I needed, so I prepped it all for 3 meals. Pictured above, 2 baggies of beef flap meat plus marinade, and 1 bowl of sauce and 1 bowl of beef for the recipe.

Allergy Aware Broccoli Beef Stir Fry

The basic marinade ingredients for a Cantonese style stir fry are as follows: soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, and cornstarch. If you avoid soy, you can make your own soy-free soy sauce. Folks who are gluten free or who avoid wheat, use tamari sauce instead. If you avoid shellfish but soy is ok, omit the oyster sauce and use some soy sauce (maybe 50% the amount of oyster sauce) and an extra 1/2 teaspoon of sugar. If you avoid cornstarch, try substituting with tapioca starch, which is a great thickener. If you need help finding other ingredients, check out what is in my cupboard.

This recipe as written is free of peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, fish.

Broccoli Beef Stir Fry, Chinese Take Out Style

This broccoli beef stir fry recipe is Chinese comfort food at it's best with plenty of sauce to eat with freshly cooked steamed rice. This recipe is saltier than my usual recipes, you can adjust according to your personal preference.

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Servings 4 servings

Calories 275 kcal

• 12 ounces stir fry beef, thinly sliced preferably flat iron or flap meat cuts
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce divided
• 4 teaspoons soy sauce divided
• 1 teaspoon sugar divided
• 3 teaspoons cornstarch divided
• 1 clove garlic minced (or 1 teaspoon garlic powder)
• 1 teaspoon olive oil (or other stir fry oil)
• 1 pound broccoli (approximately 2 medium crowns) cut into bite sized pieces
• water

1. Place the sliced beef into the medium bowl and add 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, 2 teaspoons of soy sauce, ½ teaspoon sugar and stir. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of cornstarch over the beef , add the minced garlic, and stir, set aside for 15 minutes to marinate.

2. Prepare the sauce by adding the remaining ingredients, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, 2 teaspoons soy sauce, ½ teaspoon sugar, 2 teaspoons cornstarch, and 2 tablespoons water and stir, set aside. Measure out 2 tablespoons of water, set aside.

3. Select a large frying pan (preferably with a lid*) and preheat the frying pan on medium heat for 3-5 minutes, the frying pan is ready when a drop of water sizzles in the pan.

4. Add 1 teaspoon olive oil, swirl the pan to coat, add the beef and garlic and spread the beef out and don't touch it for 1 minute to give it a chance to sear.

5. After a minute, stir fry the beef so that both sides are browned (1 minute) and when approximately 75% cooked through, remove the beef from the frying pan and place in a clean bowl.

6. Add the broccoli to the frying pan (no need to clean), add 1-2 tablespoons of water (depends on how much liquid you have in the pan or clinging to the broccoli), and cover with a lid for 2 minutes for crisp broccoli or continue cooking for 1 more minute for softer broccoli.

7. Remove the lid, stir the broccoli, stir the sauce and add the sauce to the pan, return the beef to the frying pan and stir fry until the sauce thickens, it will take one minute and the sauce will be bubbly. During this time, push any pinkish pieces of beef to the bottom of the pan. Remove from heat and serve. If your sauce is too thick or thickens too fast, you can add a tablespoon of water to the sauce and stir.

*If you don't have a frying pan with a lid, boil some water in a medium sized pot (3-4 qt) and parboil the broccoli for a minute and drain. When the beef is browned on both sides, you can skip steps #5 and #6 and proceed to step #7 and combine the beef, broccoli, and sauce.

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