Chinese
Beef and Broccoli
Beef and Broccoli is Chinese home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb flank steak
- 5 cups broccoli florets
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 3 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
- 2 cups cooked rice
How to cook it
- Toss the sliced steak with 1 tbsp cornstarch.
- Whisk the soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, remaining cornstarch, sesame oil, and 1/2 cup water.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok over high heat and sear the beef in batches until browned, about 3 minutes, then remove.
- Stir-fry the broccoli, garlic, and ginger with a splash of water until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes.
- Return the beef, pour in the sauce, and toss until thickened, about 2 minutes.
- Serve over rice.
Serve it with
A Chinese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Beef and Broccoli, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Beef and Broccoli carries gluten, shellfish, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Turkey Lettuce Wraps |
| Shellfish | Yes | Braised Eggplant and Tofu |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Nothing comparable without it yet |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Mapo Tofu |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Beef and Broccoli takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on beef, broccoli, and rice.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.