Illustrative sliced beef and broccoli in soy sauce with sesame seeds.

Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry with Ginger and Soy

Lalkila Kitchen · Beef · Meat · Main dishes · Contemporary cooking

Have the broccoli cooked and the sauce measured before heating the pan. Thinly sliced steak and a prepared sauce make the final cooking sequence easier to manage. This adaptation uses stock in place of cooking wine and is clearly labelled beef.

Ingredients

  • 360 g beef steak, sliced across the grain about5 mm thick
  • 4–5 cups cooked broccoli florets
  • 2 tbsp neutral oil
  • 1 garlic clove, chopped
  • 1 tsp chopped ginger
  • 2 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch)
  • 60 ml cold water for the sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1/8 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
  • 1 tsp sesame oil, optional
  • 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
  • 180 ml low-sodium chicken stock plus60 mlwater
  • Sesame seeds, optional garnish

Method

  1. Mix cornflour with60 mlwater, then sugar, soy sauces, five-spice, sesame oil and pepper. Coat beef with2 tbsp of this mixture.
  2. Sear beef in neutral oil, then add garlic and ginger.
  3. Add remaining sauce, stock and remaining water; stir as it thickens. Fold in cooked broccoli.
  4. Cook beef to at least63°C/145°F and allow3 minutes before serving. Scatter with sesame seeds if using.

Cooking notes

Contains beef and soy, and may contain wheat and sesame. This version also uses chicken stock. The two soy sauces serve different purposes; do not replace both with dark soy alone. Measure the cold-water slurry separately from the liquid added to the pan.

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Source and adaptation

Adapted in original wording from Nagi Maehashi's “Chinese Beef and Broccoli,” RecipeTin Eats, itself crediting The Woks of Life. Original recipe.

Uses the source's alcohol-free stock option and adds a beef temperature and rest check. The source's optional sesame-seed garnish is retained.

This is an editorial adaptation, not kitchen-tested by Lalkila. FoodSafety.gov cooking temperatures and safe food handling provide the safety references. The featured image is a generated illustration of this recipe.

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