Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry Recipe

We are making a classic easy simple but absolutely favorite takeout dish we're making beef and broccoli stir-fry it is so fantastic comes together in literally 15 minutes and it is so good one of my absolute favorites and I have made a recipe on this many many many many many moons ago it definitely needed to be revisited it needed to be updated and made into the best version possible and I think this really is it so I'm thrilled to share it with you. I am using a sirloin steak you could also do like a flank if you want to I think sirloin is delicious it's lean but it's perfect for this and it's on the less expensive side um what I like to do is I like to pop it into the freezer for 30 minutes before I go ahead and slice it it makes slicing so much easier look at this it means so that you're not struggling with your steak it makes it slicing a breeze and you do want nice thin slices for this because I think that's one of the appeals of a dish like you know like a stir-fry in this particular case a beef and broccoli stir fry I love this recipe I really juggle between if you know we're ordering from a local takeout place I love a beef and broccoli I love a peppered steak I love a chicken and mixed vegetable but beef and broccoli is the one that I ordered the most because it's just my favorite so I'm going to continue to thinly slice my steak I got rid of any extra fat I want this to be thin because it needs to cook really quickly steak is thinly sliced I'm going to add a pinch and this is important that you measure it you need about a quarter of a teaspoon of baking soda and some black pepper and the baking soda is a fantastic tenderizer but you just need to use it very sparingly otherwise you're going to taste it and it's not pleasant it's bitter it's just it's not really the vibe you know you need a couple tablespoons of some soy sauce and I am just going to use my tongs to mix it all together I'm just going to make sure it's mixed well so I can disperse that baking soda and I'm just going to set it aside for like I don't know a few minutes not too long a few minutes because once this is marinated and like has sit for a few minutes the cooking process takes about six seven minutes I just thought of it I laughed in my own head it doesn't take that long at all so that looks great I am just going to set this aside in the meantime let's whisk up the ingredients to make the sauce which is a very simple one you're going to need some beef stock you'll need some soy sauce this is some oyster sauce should have gotten a spoon but that's okay I managed to somehow get that all in there brown sugar and some cornstarch and that's going to be your thickener so whisk it all together and then just set this aside and then I also have some broccoli florets ready I'm going to chop up and mince up a few cloves of garlic so that those are ready and I'll preheat my pan because that's how long it takes to make this it's quick it's easy it's delicious and um get a pot of rice going because you want it to be ready for you nice large skillet nice large pan screaming hot with some neutral oil don't use extra virgin for this because it'll burn add your steak in all in a single layer if you can help it I don't even know if you can hear me okay but I'm very excited I love a stir fry this is going to cook like I don't know a minute per side I'm going to put a little splatter screen on here I've got my florets ready and waiting I've got my sauce ready and waiting I'm just going to chop up some garlic I'm just going to use my little knife because uh my big one's in the sink and I don't feel like getting it you know three to four cloves depending on the size of the clove of garlic these as you can see are teeny weeny ones so whatever makes you happy you know great perfect that's ready look at this look at this look at this okay already grabbing some color I'm just going to flip it around you see that it's already grabbing color you see okay I want you to cook it until you see the steak is pretty much fully cooked through okay that is gorgeous I just tasted some because I have to add in my garlic cook that for like I don't know 30 seconds I switched to like a slotted spoon but I just find this to be the best tool for the job so far we've only been cooking this like two and a half minutes okay so your meat is not overcooked it does not take more than maybe maybe maybe 10 minutes to make this okay maybe not even that long if you want your broccoli like really cooked you might want to steam it or boil it for a couple of minutes beforehand I don't prefer that because I tend to think it makes it too mushy because as it cooks and thickens and as it cooks with the sauce and it like sauce gets thickened it cooks just perfectly enough so that is good for me you can also skip the broccoli and just use a mixed bag of veggies you know you can do that I like to kind of cook it all I lost a piece of broccoli oh my goodness mighty rude of me mighty mighty rude the sauce give it like two minutes and this is thick and glossy and gorgeous y'all look at this it's been like two minutes look at that I'm turning it off because it's perfect it's glossy it's gorgeous it's perfect the broccoli is crisp it's still bright green it needs a pile of rice which I will add that when I go to serve it which you'll see in the beginning shot of this video but it's so good it is so good this is like what my third time making it in the last week or so my brother was here ate the whole pan it's so good like a perfect mix of like sweet and a little salty it's just it's perfection the sauce is nice and glossy so it's going to go over that rice really beautifully it is my favorite not going to say it's better than takeout because there's really good takeout places and you should definitely always support your local takeout places so that you can really try but what I am telling you is if you only have 10 minutes maybe a sirloin in your freezer and a bag of broccoli that needs to be used you too can whip up a quick and easy delicious beef and broccoli stir-fry recipe on laurainthekitchen.com check the description down below and I will see you in the next one bye