Healthy Beef and Broccoli
Tender beef, crisp broccoli perfectly stir fried in a delicious tangy sauce. Give me 30 minutes and you'll have dinner on the table. This healthy beef and broccoli recipe is the best!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoonolive oil
- 1 lbshaved steak (or try flank steak, strip steak, sirloin, or skirt steak trimmed of fat & sliced thin)
- 1crown broccoli (rinsed and cut into florets)
- ¼ cuplow sodium soy sauce (bragg's liquid aminos, coconut aminos, tamari, gf soy sauce or alternatives may be used)
- 2 tablespooncornstarch
- 3 clovesgarlic (minced)
- 3 tablespoonssherry (marsala, madeira may be used - optional)
- 3 tablespoonshoney
- 1 teaspoonfresh ginger (minced or grated)
- 2 tablespoonssesame oil (i use toasted sesame oil)
- ½ cuplow sodium beef broth
- red pepper flakes (optional)
- sesame seeds (optional)
- 4servings white or brown rice or noodles
- sriracha sauce or sweet chili sauce
Directions
- 1
If steaming your own rice, start before you do anything else. In a medium bowl mix together the following ingredients: soy sauce (½ cup or alternative), cornstarch (2 TBL), garlic (3 cloves), port (3 TBL), honey (3 TBL), ginger (1 tsp), sesame oil (2 TBL), red pepper flakes (optional), and beef broth (½ cup). Whisk well, set aside.
- 2
Trim steak of any excess fat and slice into bit size, thin slices. Cut your broccoli into bite size florets. Heat pan on medium-high heat and drizzle in olive oil. Once pan is hot, carefully place in meat and quick toss/stir fry to brown both sides. About 3-4 minutes.
- 3
Add broccoli and keep heat up to stir fry broccoli and finish cooking the meat, 2-3 minutes. Pour in the sauce (whisking first to make sure it's all combined) and stir until thick and glossy.
- 4
Cook for an additional 1-2 minutes until broccoli is done to your desired taste. Serve immediately over rice or noodles. Garnish with a few shakes of sesame seeds or red pepper flakes if desired.