Beef and Broccoli-style oyster sauce stir-fry

Ingredients

Beef (velveting)

• 400 g beef sirloin, sliced thin against the grain
• 1 egg white
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp soy sauce

Sauce

• 4 tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 200 ml beef stock
• 2 tbsp cornflour mixed with 3 tbsp cold water

Stir-fry

• 300 g tenderstem broccoli
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 cm ginger, sliced
• 1 white onion, sliced

To serve

• Cooked jasmine rice

Method

1. Velvet. Mix beef with egg white, cornflour, baking soda, soy. Rest 20 minutes.
2. Blanch. Drop broccoli into boiling water for 90 seconds. Drain, shock in cold water.
3. Sauce. Whisk all sauce ingredients except slurry.
4. Sear beef. Wok on max. Add oil. Sear beef in batches, 60 seconds. Remove.
5. Aromatics. Add garlic, ginger, white onion. Stir 30 seconds.
6. Combine. Return beef, add broccoli, pour in sauce. Simmer 2 minutes.
7. Thicken. Stir in slurry. Toss 30 seconds until glossy.
8. Serve. Over jasmine rice.

Tips

• Velvet the beef. Baking soda + cornflour + soy = tender.
• Tenderstem broccoli. Regular broccoli falls apart.
• Splash of cornstarch slurry at the end. Glossy restaurant sauce.