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Beef and broccoli stir fry

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Ingredients
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  • 1½ lb flank steak
Bring the flank steak to room temperature, pat it dry, halve it twice and cut it into strips against the grain.
  • 1½ tsp white pepper
  • 1½ tsp garlic salt
  • 1½ tsp baking soda
Season the strips with white pepper, garlic salt and baking soda and coat them well. Set aside.
  • ½ cup beef broth
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp oyster flavor sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame seed oil
  • 4½ tsp brown sugar
  • ¾ tsp chili flakes
Mix the beef broth, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame seed oil, brown sugar and chili flakes for the sauce and taste to adjust.
Mixing the sauce and slurry
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp water
Mix the cornstarch with the water for the slurry.
Heat the wok on high until very hot.
Browning the beef in batches
  • 1 tbsp canola or peanut oil
Pour the oil around the wok, add half the meat and brown it about two minutes, moving it around. Remove, add more oil and repeat with the rest.
Deglaze the wok with water and wipe it clean with a kitchen towel.
  • broccoli
  • onion
Add more oil and cook half the broccoli with half the onion two minutes, until the broccoli is bright green and the onion translucent. Remove and repeat with the rest.
Cooking broccoli and onion
Add the ginger and garlic to the wok for a couple of seconds, until you can smell them.
Saucing and thickening
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger
  • 1 tbsp fresh garlic
Return the meat, broccoli and onion, add the sauce and cook a couple of minutes.
  • white rice
Stir in the slurry to thicken, and serve over white rice.