Beef and Broccoli

Need a Chinese food fix, but don’t want to leave the house? This Beef & Broccoli recipe is quick and easy, yet super delicious! This recipe takes roughly 25 minutes to cook.

Beef and broccoli recipes typically call for raw sugar and end up with high amounts of sodium. What if we could reduce both and the overall gluten content? Well, why not! In normal fashion, I tried a few alternate ingredients and eventually settled on a recipe to reduce the overall sugar and sodium content. Check out this recipe and as always, let me know how it turns out.

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Rest Time 2 mins

Total Time 27 mins

Cuisine: Entrée

Difficulty: Beginner

Servings: 4

Calories: 352

Best Season: Suitable throughout the year

Description

Simply delicious beef & broccoli made with coconut aminos.

Ingredients

1.5 cup Steak - chopped (Flank Steak or Sirloin preferred, but any beef steak will work. Chop into half inch cubes, stripes, or your preference.)
3.5 cup broccoli - chopped (Frozen broccoli may be used in place of fresh broccoli.)
2.5 tbsp Coconut aminos (Coconut aminos is technically a substitute for soy sauce, but is on the sweeter side. If you do not have coconut aminos (I found mine at Wal-Mart), then I recommend using brown sugar (2 tbsp) in it's place but be aware your sugar on this recipe will increase.)
0.5 tbsp Honey
1.5 tbsp Soy sauce -reduced sodium
1 tbsp Galic - minced
0.5 tsp White vinegar
2 tbsp Sesame oil
1.5 tbsp Olive oil
0.25 tsp Black pepper
0.5 tsp Garlic powder
0.25 tsp Kosher salt (Course sea salt or table salt can be used in place of kosher salt.)
1 tbsp Water
1 dash Garlic salt (Optional for topping)
2 dash Sesame seeds (Optional for topping)
1 dash Cayenne pepper (Optional for topping)
1.5 cup Brown rice-Quinoa blend (Optional, brown rice, jasmine rice, or quinoa are preferred, but just about any variety will work)

Instructions

1
Rinse and chop the broccoli and set to the side. If using frozen broccoli, steam your frozen broccoli according to package directions
2
Heat 1 tbsp. olive oil in skillet.
3
Mix the chopped steak with ½ tbsp. olive oil, garlic powder, pepper, and salt.
4
Toss the seasoned steak into the skillet, cooking on each side 2-3 minutes, or until desired doneness and color.
5
Remove the steak from the skillet to a plate and cover with foil.
6
In the same skillet, add the sesame oil and garlic in the pan and cook on medium heat for 30-60 seconds.
7
Add coconut aminos, soy sauce, honey, and vinegar to the skillet. Stir and continue cooking on medium heat for 1-2 minutes, until sauce thickens a little.
8
Add broccoli with 1-2 tbsp. of water to the skillet. Cover and reduce to low heat for another 4-5 minutes. If using steamed broccoli do not add additional water or cover.
9
Stir the steak back in , cover, and continue to cook on low heat for 3-4 minutes.
10
Uncover and continue to cook on simmer another 1-2 minutes, to let sauce thicken up.
11
(Optional) Plate on a bed or rice and top with sesame seeds, garlic salt, and cayenne pepper to taste.
12
Simply enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

Servings 4

Amount Per Serving
Calories 352kcal

Keywords: beef, broccoli, steak, coconut, aminos

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