This recipe for beef and broccoli stir fry is a classic dish of beef sauteed with fresh broccoli florets and coated in a savory sauce. You can have a healthy and easy dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes!
I love stir fries for a quick meal that’s full of flavor. Some of my favorites include honey garlic chicken stir fry, teriyaki shrimp, and this delicious beef broccoli.
This chicken and broccoli stir fry has been one of the most popular recipes on my site for years, it was only a matter of time before a beef and broccoli stir fry came to be! This recipe tastes just like something you’d order at a Chinese restaurant, but is super easy to make at home.
How Do You Make Beef And Broccoli Stir Fry?
First, cook some broccoli, ginger and garlic in a pan until the vegetables are tender. Remove the veggies from the pan, and add the steak. Cook the steak until browned, you may need to do this step in batches. Return the vegetables to the pan, then make the sauce. The sauce is a mixture of beef broth, oyster sauce, sesame oil and soy sauce. Pour the sauce into the pan along with some cornstarch, then let everything simmer until the sauce has thickened. Serve immediately and enjoy!
Tips for the perfect beef and broccoli
- The beef in this recipe is thinly sliced flank steak. I find that it can sometimes be tricky to slice steak, so I typically put it in the freezer for about 30 minutes before I slice it. Freezing the meat helps to firm it up so that you can get thinner slices.
- If you’re not able to use flank steak, other great options include sirloin, skirt steak or New York strip.
- Oyster sauce is a brown Chinese sauce that can be found in the ethnic aisle of most grocery stores. It is different than fish sauce, which is typically used in Thai and Vietnamese cooking. If you can’t find oyster sauce or don’t want to use it, you can substitute hoisin sauce. Hoisin sauce isn’t exactly the same but still makes for a great dish.
- This dish is great for meal prep, and will stay fresh for up to 4 days in the refrigerator.
- Serve your stir fry over rice, noodles or quinoa. If you’re watching your carbs, you can also use cauliflower rice.
Beef Broccoli Variations
This recipe is delicious as written, but you can absolutely switch up the ingredients to customize it to your tastes.
- Protein: Instead of flank steak, try ground beef, sliced chicken breast, shrimp, pork tenderloin or cubed tofu.
- Vegetables: Feel free to add other veggies such as sliced carrots, bok choy, mushrooms, snow peas, bell peppers or baby corn.
- Add-Ins: You can add sriracha or chili oil for a bit of heat, or cashews, sesame seeds or almonds for texture.
This beef and broccoli stir fry is a great way to satisfy your Chinese food cravings without picking up the phone to call for takeout. I typically start a pot of rice at the same time I make my stir fry, that way all of my dinner components will be ready at the same time. Even my kids love this one!
Other recipes you’ll love
- Sweet and Sour Chicken
- Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef
- Pineapple Chicken
- Slow Cooker Orange Chicken
- Kung Pao Shrimp
Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry Video
Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 lbs flank steak thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon vegetable oil divided use
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/4 cup oyster sauce
- 1/4 cup beef broth or water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the broccoli and cook for approximately 4 minutes or until tender.
- Add the ginger and garlic to the pan and cook for 30 seconds more.
- Remove the broccoli from the pan; place on a plate and cover.
- Wipe the pan clean with a paper towel and turn the heat to high. Add the remaining tablespoon of oil.
- Season the steak pieces with salt and pepper and add them to the pan in a single layer - you may need to do this step in batches. Cook for 3-4 minutes on each side until browned and cooked through.
- Add the broccoli mixture back to the pan and cook for 2 more minutes or until warmed through.
- In a bowl whisk together the oyster sauce, beef broth, sugar, sesame oil and soy sauce. In a small bowl mix the cornstarch with a tablespoon of cold water.
- Pour the oyster sauce mixture over the beef and vegetables; cook for 30 seconds. Add the cornstarch and bring to a boil; cook for 1 more minute or until sauce has just started to thicken.
- Serve immediately, with rice if desired.
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This post was originally published on October 8, 2017 and was updated on February 25, 2020 with new content.
Absolutely delicious. Next time, I will add more vegetables, perhaps red pepper & mushrooms.
Super easy and good. Bought pre-sliced round tip to save time. Doubled the broccoli but needed even more. Will be making this again!
I substituted 1/8 of cup and 1/8 cup soy sauce for the oyster sauce and it turned out amazing! I will definitely make this again but next time will try with oyster sauce! I will also slice the meat thinly. I cut the pieces a little thick.
Made tonight for dinner it was delicious thank you
I love this recipe! I doubled the sauce, added sugar snap peas and onions, and found some sirloin on sale so I used that. Will definitely be adding this to my dinner rotation!
Can I use sirloin steak cut up?
Is this freezable? I want to try this but will have too much left over.
Yes it should be fine to freeze!
This recipe is so good an easy we don’t even bother with take out now! The next day leftovers are still very good.
Wow this is AMAZING!!!! I made it with left over roast beef….even my husband who is fairly finicky LOVED this recipe!!! For those that don’t want to invest in a bottle of oyster sauce because it isn’t something you normally buy….trust me once you try this recipe you will be buying the ingredients to make this over and over. Quick and delicious!!!
so this is the 16th time im tasting this and i was wondering if you’ve tried it differently than your recipe.
Is there a substitute for the oyster sauce? My husband is allergic to shellfish. Bought the ingredients to make for dinner this week!
You can use hoisin sauce instead!
How important is the oyster sauce? It’s not something I usually have. Is there a substitute?
You could try hoisin sauce but the end result will be a bit sweeter!
Loved it!
This is delicious! Seasoned my meat with my normal mix of spices and left to marinate in the fridge all day. Cooking was fast! Used oil and garlic butter to cook the broccoli and then the meat. My boys said this is one for the regular meals especially because we used ramen instead of rice. A true hit! Bravo on a great and delicious recipe!
This was great! Thanks for the recipe. I doubled the sauce and omitted the sugar since the was some in the oyster sauce. I had a lot of steak to use up… probably close to 3 lbs. I served it with quinoa which was great with the sauce. Yum!
So glad you enjoyed it, thanks for reporting back!
I use bison rather than beef. Incredible!
This was amazing. The recipe is perfection!! I used a London broil for my beef since the butcher didn’t have any flank steak.
Sounds like a great choice of meat, thanks for reporting back!
Have always used London Broil for this, use a little green onion too. Pea pods are good too!
Very good and tasty! Will definitely keep it in our dinner rotation for family dinner ideas
I made this today and wt its soooooo good… it so tasty it’s actually better than any chinese food i been to…thanks for this recipe…savin’ this for sure …🤚 star
Im 12 years old I’ve been cooking since i was 8 how long ago did you start cooking/or even make this website
That’s awesome that you love to cook! I have 7 year old twins who like to cook too! I’ve been cooking for about 20 years.
Very nice