Easy Beef and Broccoli
The BEST and EASIEST beef and broccoli made in 15 min from start to finish. And yes, it’s quicker, cheaper and healthier than take-out!
Ever since we moved to Hollywood, Jason and I have been ordering delivery several times a week. There are tons of fun restaurants we’re just dying to try out but once we get home, we’re just too tired to leave the house again. Plus, Butters makes it really difficult for us to leave.
But as convenient as delivery is, I just can’t keep waiting 60-90 mins for them to come! Plus, the food is always cold by the time it hits our table. So when I had a beef and broccoli craving the other day – a craving I have at least once a week – I just had to try Carrian’s easy version of this.
And yes, it really is the EASIEST beef and broccoli I have ever made! The slow cooker version of mine is great too, perfect for when you work an 8 hr day, but this – this is on your dinner table in 15 minutes, and this includes the prep time! But don’t be fooled by the easiness of the recipe – it’s just as flavorful and tasty, if not better, than take-out!
Easy Beef and Broccoli
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- ½ cup chicken stock
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha, or more, to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound flank steak, thinly sliced across the grain
- 1 head broccoli, cut into florets
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together soy sauce, chicken stock, honey, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, sesame oil, cornstarch, Sriracha, ginger, red pepper flakes and 1/4 cup water; set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add steak and cook, flipping once, until browned, about 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in broccoli and soy sauce mixture until tender and slightly thickened, about 3-4 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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This sauce is excellent! Tasty and not overwhelmingly sweet. Made double batch and intend to use again but with chicken and broccoli. Very versatile. Love all of your recipes btw.
Don’t know what’s better; your recipes or your wonderful, enthusiastic personality! It shines through! What a lovely couple you and Ben make and Butters and Carman just round out the ideal family!!
All the Very Best!
Excellent sauce, which I doubled because we like sauce. Normally I would use beef broth with beef but stuck to the recipe and used chicken broth. I didn’t have broccoli so used sugar snap peas, carrots, and onions. Excellent
I have made this a couple of times. Sometimes it doesn’t thicken and I don’t want to overcook the meat. Ideas?
Mix some cornstarch in small amount of water or broth, add to pan. As boils should thicken up quickly. If not add a bit more. Cook a full minute after adding, to ensure fully cooked & thickened.
Just made this recipe for lunch and I’m going to eat it over the next few days. It was super simple, quick, and easy!! My only complaint is I wish the sauce had thickened up more. I feel like next time I could probably make half the sauce recipe and still have enough. Sooo yummy though!
The sauce was delicious!!! But I found the recipe should call for at least double the amount of broccoli for the amount of sauce it makes. That’s the only reason I did not give it 5 stars
Absolutely delicious, devoured by my teens. Saved some sauce and sautéed tofu then added w veg, super tasty!
Awesome delicious- my family loved it. I search the web and thrilled I did your recipe – based on reviews. Thank you
I made this for my family and it was devoured! It was so delicious. I added more red pepper flakes (we like spice) and garlic but other than that left the recipe as is. Definitely a new family favorite!
Looks wonderful, can I make this in the slow cooker?
Thank you! This was so easy, and even my picky 7 year old ate it. If a meal is on the table in less than 30 minutes, costs less than 10 dollars to make, and is eaten by everyone, I’m thrilled! I appreciate you sharing this recipe! Nom!
Mannn this was delicious…..
I have very finicky eaters…
my toddler is going through the I won’t eat anything stage
And my mother has a lot of medical restrictions that make it either difficult to eat or difficult to process.
All I did was cooked the broccoli longer which worked because the sauce took a while to thicken I also used beef cubes stake because of the texture. I will definitely make this again and again. Thank you for sharing this keep them coming…
This was a really quick, easy and delish recipe. I did find it really salty so next time I will reduce the amount of soy sauce and make sure I use low sodium ingredients. I’ll definitely make this again and again! Thank you!
This is really good! I don’t typically like to review recipes that I’ve altered, but feel the alterations were small enough to still fairly review.
I doubled the sauce like others recommended. I did find I needed to add more than double cornstarch though. So ended up at 3-4TBS cornstarch in the end (for a double recipe). I did 1.5lbs flank steak and a bit more broccoli, as well as added sauteed mushrooms. We served it over noodles.
This is ALL ABOUT THE SAUCE. Its addictive. Its perfect. You could easily swap out ingredients in this with no problem too. I’m going to do chicken thighs and asparagus next time.
Thank you Damn Delicious for another successful dinner that all my family liked!
This was yummy but takes longer than 15 minutes to get on the table! Will add just a tad more cornstarch next time as it is plenty saucy. Recipe is a keeper.
The flavor was all there but mine didn’t turn out as big as it looks in the picture. Which I’m sure is fixable. It was definitely easy and delicious.
This had excellent flavor but the recipe makes a TON of sauce! Next time I will cut the sauce ingredients half to save on pantry staples.
Amazing, my husband is still raving about this dish that I just made for the first time. Thank you for this wonderful recipe!!! If I were to cater it to my taste I would’ve used about 1/8 cup honey, maybe 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce (it was still super salty, even with the reduced sodium sauce), and a little more water to balance the liquid ratio. I should’ve used low sodium chicken broth also. And seeing that we like softer broccoli I gave the broccoli a jumpstart in the microwave with a two minute steam.
Hands Down the Best Sauce for any Beef Stir Fry. I’ve tried 5-6 homemade sauces in the last 2 years for Beef Stir Fry. All of them are basically the same: soy sauce, some variety of sugar, garlic and sesame oil. None of them have been worth making again. UNTIL NOW. This sauce has complexity and is full of flavor (it’s not just soy sauce). If you’ve been looking for a Sauce for Beef Stir Fry (broccoli beef, beef and green beans etc) You Have to Make this One !!!! You’ll throw all the other recipes out
Thank you! Thank you! My son has Celiac and we have struggled to find a recipe that is like “the real thing”. Since I can get gluten free versions of all these ingredients, I took a chance. Well, I was a hero tonight. The only complaint I got was I did not make enough! Double batch next time! Thank you!!!
I have never written a review. This recipe has made me so happy that I felt I needed to give my 5 stars! I have tried a dozen other stir fry sauces and none have been anywhere near as good as this one and it being fast and easy makes it that much better! Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe