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Beef, broccoli and oyster sauce

Tutor: Suzie Lee, TV presenter and winner of BBC Best Home Cook 2020

Join BBC Best Home Cook 2020 winner Suzie for a Chinese New Year cookalong. Suzie shows us how to make a tasty beef, broccoli and oyster sauce dish.

This recipe serves 2 people.

Preparation

Cook rice (if cooking rice from scratch), marinade the beef strips 10 mins to one day in advance of cooking.

Video time

30 minutes

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For the marinaded beef: 

  • 250g beef rump steak (finely sliced) 
  • ½ tsp cornflour 
  • 1 tsp soy sauce 
  • ½ tsp sesame oil 
  • Pinch of salt and white pepper 

Vegetables: 

  • ½ head of broccoli – cut up into small florets 
  • 500ml of tap water 
  • 1 small onion finely sliced 

Sauce: 

  • ½ tsp of chopped ginger (can use frozen) 
  • ½ tsp of chopped garlic (can use frozen) 
  • ½ chicken stock cube 
  • 2 tbsp of oyster sauce 
  • Salt and pepper 
  • Sesame oil 
  • 2 tbsp of cornflour and cold water (enough to make a paste) 

Rice (or you can buy ready to heat packets): 

  • 200g Basmati Rice 
  • Cold tap water 
  • Knives
  • Bowls
  • Wok/large frying pan
  • Pot for rice if making from scratch
  • Pot for the broccoli
  • Wooden spoons
  • Tongs
  • Measuring spoons
  • Scales
  • Jug