Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

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I love Chinese food, but I have found it very time consuming and difficult at best to make a good homemade dish.  However, I just barely tried this recipe and our family absolutely found it heavenly!  It is from The America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook.  So far nearly every recipe I have tried out of this book has been amazing!  If you are in the market for a new cookbook, I suggest you take a look at this one.  It will satisfy all of your cooking needs. I got mine for a great deal at Costco.

Here is the recipe with a few changes I made:

Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

1/2 cup oyster sauce

1/4 cup chicken broth

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 teaspoons sesame oil

2 teaspoons cornstarch

1 pound flank steak, trimmed and sliced thin (The nice butcher at the grocery store cut mine for no additional charge.)

2 tablespoons vegetable oil (I used PAM instead)

1 1/2 pounds broccoli, chopped (I used one bag of frozen broccoli florets)

1 red pepper, stemmed, seeded and chopped medium

1/3 cup water

6 garlic cloves, minced

1 tablespoon grated ginger

Whisk the oyster sauce, broth, brown sugar sesame oil and cornstarch together.  Pat the the beef dry with paper towels, then season with salt and pepper.  Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a 12-inch skillet over high heat until just smoking.  Brown the beef lightly, about 3 minutes, then transfer to a clean bowl.  Add the broccoli, bell pepper and water to the skillet and return to medium heat.  Cover and cook until the broccoli is bright green, about 2 minutes.  Uncover and continue to cook until the liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes.  Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil (I skipped this step), the garlic, scallions and ginger and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.  Briefly re-whisk the oyster sauce mixture to recombine, then add to the skillet with the beef.  Toss until all the ingredients are well coated with sauce.

Absolutely exquisite!

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