Stir-Fried Beef and Broccoli with Oyster Sauce

Name: Stir-Fried Beef and Broccoli with Oyster Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 pound, flank steak, cut into 2-inch-wide strips with the grain, then sliced across the grain into 1/8-inch-thick slices; 3 tablespoons, soy sauce; 1 tablespoon, dry sherry; 2 tablespoons, low-sodium chicken broth; 5 tablespoons, oyster sauce; 1 tablespoon, light brown sugar; 1 teaspoon, toasted sesame oil; 1 teaspoon, cornstarch; 6 medium cloves, garlic, pressed through garlic press or minced (about 2 tablespoons); 1 inch piece, fresh ginger, minced (about 1 tablespoon); 3 tablespoons, peanut oil or vegetable oil; 1 1/4 pounds, broccoli, florets cut into bite-size pieces, stems trimmed, peeled, and cut on diagonal into 1/8-inch-thick slices; 1/3 cup, water; 1 , small red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 3 , medium scallions, sliced 1/2-inch thick on diagonal

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2003, America's Test Kitchen TV

This tasty stir-fry dish features tender beef and perfectly cooked broccoli.

SERVES4

TIME1 hour

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For our beef and broccoli recipe, we wanted to make sure our beef was tender and our sauce deeply flavored and silky. Before we stir-fried the beef, we marinated thin slices in soy sauce for an hour, drained them, and cooked the beef at a v...

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