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1 Comment This broccoli stir fry with beef recipe is a quick and tasty meal for a weeknight meal. The beef is cut into wedges, making it quick and easy to prepare. If you don’t like using beef you can easily swap this for chicken too.
Broccoli stir fry with beef
It is no secret that I am a fan of broccoli. My favorite is still roasted broccoli with hazelnuts, but this is a close second. When I don’t feel like cooking, I usually make dishes like this broccoli and beef stir fry. It’s on the table in about 20 minutes, which I find perfectly acceptable when I don’t feel like spending a lot of time in the kitchen. It’s perfectly delicious on it’s own but you can also serve it as a side dish.
The nutritional value of broccoli is amazing, so you can definitely call it a superfood. In any case, no reason not to serve it often. Especially when it’s as quick and easy as this stir-fried broccoli.
Ingredients for Broccoli stir fry
To make preparing this dish a bit easier I do quickly boil the broccoli. That way I prevent the broccoli from having to spend too much time in the pan. This only takes a few minutes, but you can be sure that the broccoli is well cooked. An alternative – if you are only using one pan – is to add a little water to the wok and then steam for a while with the lid on. I find this takes longer, so I prefer to pre-cook the broccoli.
For this broccoli stir fry recipe you will need the following ingredients. It’s a pretty easy recipe but you can add additional flavors to it if you want to.
- fresh broccoli florets – I do find that an entire head of broccoli is usually just barely enough for two people so make sure you get enough as it does reduce a bit.
- steak – for the beef I choose a nice steak but if you prefer you can swap for chicken
- spring onions
- sesame seeds
- coconut aminos or soy sauce
- olive oil or sesame oil
- fish sauce
- ginger
- garlic
For making the broccoli stir fry you need a large skillet or a wok. I first mix the ingredients for the stir fry sauce in a small bowl. I’ve prepped the broccoli so it’s ready to be added to the wok and the beef really needs just a few minutes to cook through.
Additions and variations
While this is a super simple recipe you can change the flavors by adding some bell peppers or swapping out the sauces with something like oyster sauce or hoisin sauce. Those are usually a little sweeter but work really well with this recipe as well. You can serve the broccoli stir fry with rice.
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Quick broccoli stir fry with beef
Ingredients
- 500 g broccoli florets
- 300 g steak cut into slices
- 2 spring onions cut into rings
- Sesame seeds
Stir fry sauce
- 2 tbsp coconut aminos or soy sauce
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 cm fresh ginger peeled and grated
- 1 clove garlic crushed
How to make the broccoli stir fry
- Cook the broccoli florets for 4 minutes, drain and pat dry.
- Place the coconut aminos, olive oil, honey, garlic, ginger and fish sauce in a bowl and mix well.
- Heat a wok and add the steak, broccoli and sauce. Wok for 4 minutes over a high heat or until the broccoli is tender and the steak cooked.
- Sprinkle the spring onions and sesame seeds over the salad.
Nutrition Information per portion:
Disclaimer:
The nutritional values above are calculated per portion. The details are based on standard nutritional tables and do not constitute a professional nutritional advice.
Super simple dish that is great on it’s own but combined with roasted potatoes is a complete meal!