Need sauce recipe for beef and broccoli?

[ADisneyQueen]

Does anyone have a good sauce recipe for beef and broccoli? Not anything too spicy (kid friendly). I can never get it to be like the chinese restaurant, but that's what I want.

 

[LuvsDragonflies]

I use a can of beef broth, a quarter cup of soy sauce (or less) and a tablespoon of molasses, with some garlic. Stir fry the beef and broccoli up, then add the wet ingredients, save a half cup of broth to disolve corn starch or flour into, add, bring to boil, serve over spaghetti noodles or rice.

 

[Wishing on a star]

I don't have a specific recipe... The one above looks good!!!
Fairly simple... easy....
If there is a missing ingredient that you are tasting in the restaurant food that you are not getting, then try to separate that out and identify what that might be. But, usually, I think beef and brocolli is fairly simple. No ginger, etc...

NOTE: add your corn-starch/thickener to liquid that is cold... make sure it is well dissolved... then, at the end, add this to your dish on the hot stove, stirring well.

To be honest, I would steam the broccoli for a minute, separate from the stir-fry, and then throw it in at the last minute.
Broccolli is the type of vegetable that has a 'sulfer' odor...
I wouldn't want too much of that permeating the whole dish.

 

[shortbun]

I do a wok thing that's pretty easy. I season and cook the meat in oil in my wok and remove it. Then I cook the broccoli with sliced garllic in a little more oil and add the meat with 3 or 4 T low salt soy sauce and some water-half a cup, maybe a little more. I stir it all for a few minutes until the sauce thickens. i've thrown in a few slices of ginger with the broccoli and garlc when I have fresh. We always eat it with brown rice and a citrus salad. I use orange slices(been known to throw those into the beef cooking wok too), pineapple, bananas all well chilled.

Just remembered that once I added orange juice to the soy sauce misture instead of water. It wasn't bad.

 

[timmac]

Sounds like the key ingredient you're missing is Oyster Sauce.

You can find it in most good supermarkets, though it's not all that cheap (expect to pay $3-4 for a fairly small bottle). An Asian-specialty grocery store and you'll do far better.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

I use
1/2 cup of beaf broth
1/4 vermouth
2 tbs soy sause
2tbs of oyester sause
some fresh ginger about same amount as garlic
some garlic 2 cloves
some carrots cut the way they do

You need stir fry in oil first.

I toss theother ingreiants after stirfrying in oil

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Oh I will boil the brocolli in the wok for a minute or two before.

Do the same thing for chicken, except I will boil the chick and the brocolli for a minute, believe me it works really well.

 

[bookgirl]

When I'm done stirfrying I add a mixture of broth and water to my pan usually 2 cups broth to one cup water..

Then I take one can of broth, low sodium soy sauce to taste, a little pepper and garlic powder, and about 3-4 tablespoons of cornstarch. Combine these in a bowl then add them to the pan and bring the mixture up to boil. Sometimes I adjust the liquid once the sauce has thickned, either thinning it out a little if it bound to tightly or flavor checking.

We serve this on both beef and broccoli and really any stir fry, the only thing that changes is what flavor broth (chicken, beef, veg) and sometimes I add a little teryiaki if I'm doing pork.

I don't use oyster sauce, mainly becaue I can tell if they've used too much in resturant dishes because I don't like shellfish or seafood (though not fishy it can get that way sometimes) or at least that's the only thing I can reason out how I often hate the sauce on beef and broccoli and sometimes it's fine.

 

[Aetheline]

You do need to bring your sauce up to a boil if you're using cornstarch, or it won't thicken right.

I did think a little oyster sauce should be in there too.

 

[storzo]

I cook the meat and veggies first then add in (already mixed together)

1 can beef broth
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp corn starch
garlic to taste

Cook until your desired thickness.

 

[Wishing on a star]

Maybe the Oyster Sauce is the key missing ingredient!
I'll have to do a beef and broccoli now.
It is what my Husband likes in oriental food because it is more simple.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

I make a good deal of Asian dishes, and I have found most of the time the missing ingrediant to be,
ginger, oyester sause, or sesame oil all are used in a lot of dishes.
All are used quite a bit, and all need to be used in moderation as they are strongish.