How to make the sauce for Beef & Broccoli like chinese restaurants use?

Question

I am looking for a fairly easy (to make at home) recipe for a sauce like is used for Beef & Broccoli dishes at take out Chinese Restaurants.

I love the flavor this sauce has, I have tried the packaged sauces at the store you add water and soy sauce to but they have all never even gotten close to the taste of the ones in the restaurants.

Someone had mentioned to me before something about soy sauce, fish/oyster sauce, oil, etc but they never did give me a recipe to try out. So please post your ideas here, I am willing to give it a try!

Thanks for reading and responding.

Answer 1

For my beef and broccoli, I stir fry the beef, stir fry the broccoli next, put the beef back into the pan and add the sauce for the last minute.

I usually use chicken stock for the base, some oyster sauce and some garlic, maybe a touch of light soy sauce for saltiness.

Importantly, dissolve some cornstarch in a little water and add to sauce as a thickener.

The sauce goes on last to finish the dish and takes about a minute or less to heat and thicken a little.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Prepare broccoli ------- Clean and cut up your broccoli pieces for your dish.  Then bring a pot of water to a boil, lower all the broccoli in and when the color changes to bright green, remove from water at once. Set aside.

In my favorite (but old) Chinese cookbook, there are two recipes you might try.  Just add your broccoli to the dish before you add the cornstarch. Also we omit the monosodium glutamate.  In place of ginger, you can substitute garlic when you make your broccoli beef.  As you can see, it's mostly the process.  Very few ingredients are needed.  But you do all your prep work before you actually start cooking.  When cooking begins, it's really fast.  These recipes can also be used for string beans or asparagus as well as broccoli.

OYSTER SAUCE BEEF

Have prepared:

1 pound tender beef, sliced 1/4 inch thick (2x1 inch pieces)

1/2 cup scallions. Use white sections cut into 1-inch lengths.

In a mixing bowl, place:

1/ 4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp soy sauce

1 tsp cornstarch

Dash of sugar

Mix ingredients thoroughly & add the sliced beef..

Marinate 5 minutes.

In a preheated wok or skillet place:

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

Then add sliced beef and scallions and

2 Tablespoons oyster sauce (Ho Yow)

Toss cook at high heat 3 minutes and Add:

1/4 cup chicken stock

1/2 tsp monosodium glutamate (optional)

1 Tablespoon cornstarch. (Make this into a paste with 1 Tablespoon water.)

Add parboiled Broccoli pieces.  Toss and mix until gravy thickens and has coated the beef and vegetables. Serve wehile very hot weith steamed rice.

Beef with Oyster Sauce, like Ginger Beef, is a quickly prepared toss-cooked meat dish, which is perfect for those who have unexpected company.

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GINGER BEEF

Have prepared:

1 pound tender beef, sliced 1/4 inch thick (2x1 inch pieces)

1/4 cup peeled ginger root, sliced vertically as thin as

possible

1/4 cup scallions. Use white sections cut into 1 inch lengths

In a preheated wok or skillet, place:

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

1/4 tsp salt

Turn to high heat until oil is very hot.

Add:

Sliced beef, ginger root and scallions

2 tsp soy sauce

Dash of sugar

1/2 tsp monosodium glutamate

Toss cook rapidly at high heat for 3 minutes.

Add:

1/4 cup chicken stock

1 Tablespoon cornstarch (Make paste with 1 Tablespoon water)

Continue to stir and mix untill gtavy thickens. Serve with hot steamed rice.

Answer 3

try a mixture of oyster sauce, soy sauce, garlic and ginger.

(heat a bit of peanut oil, add a pinch on fresly minced ginger, a clove of fresly minced garlic, add beef, then add oyster sauce then soy, and then add broccoli.)

hope that helps!

Answer 4

Beef and Broccoli with Garlic Sauce

1 lb Beef steak

1 tb Vegetable oil

1/2 ts Salt

1 ds White pepper

1 1/2 lb Broccoli

1 ts Cornstarch

1 ts Sesame oil

1/4 c Chicken broth

2 tb Vegetable oil

1 tb Vegetable oil

1 tb Finely chopped garlic

1 ts Finely chopped ginger root

2 tb Brown bean sauce

1 c Sliced canned bamboo shoots

Trim fat from beef steak; cut beef lengthwise into 2-inch strips. Cut

strips crosswise into 1/8-inch slices. Toss beef, 1 tbs vegetable oil, the

salt and white pepper in a glass or plastic bowl. Cover and refrigerate 30

minutes. Pare outer layer from broccoli stems. Cut broccoli lengthwise into

1-inch stems; remove flowerets. Cut stems into 1 inch pieces. Place

broccoli in boiling water; heat to boiling. Cover and cook 2 minutes;

drain. Immediately rinse in cold water; drain. Mix cornstarch, sesame oil

and broth. Heat 12-inch skillet or wok until very hot. Add 2 tbs vegetable

oil; rotate skillet to coat bottom. Add beef; stir-fry 2 minutes or until

beef is brown. Remove beef from skillet. Heat skillet until very hot. Add 1

tbs vegetable oil; rotate skillet to coat bottom. Add garlic, ginger root

and bean sauce; stir-fry 30 seconds. Add bamboo shoots; stir-fry 1 minute.

Stir in beef and broccoli. Stir in cornstarch mixture; cook and stir 15

seconds or until thickened

Stir-Fried Beef and Broccoli in Oyster Sauce

3/4 lb Flank steak

1 tb Soy sauce

1 tb Rice wine

2 tb Water

1 tb Cornstarch

1/8 c Vegetable oil

3 Cloves garlic, minced

1 ts Chopped fresh ginger root

6 Green onions, chopped

1/3 c Water

1 lb Broccoli cut into florets

-----------sauce------------

2 tb Oyster sauce

1 tb Soy sauce

1 tb Rice wine

1 tb Cornstarch

Cut meat across the grain into very thin slices. Place in a bowl and

combine with soy sauce, rice wine, water and cornstarch. Allow to marinate

at least 10 minutes. Meanwhile prepare remaining ingredients and stir

together sauce mixture. Heat oil in a wok or large skillet. Add meat and

cook, stirring constantly, until meat is about 75 per cent cooked. Remove

and reserve. Scrape out pan if necessary and return to heat. Add another 2

tablespoons oil if needed and heat. Add garlic, ginger and green onions and

cook 30 to 60 seconds until fragrant. Stir in cut-up broccoli and add

water. Cover and cook 3 minutes. Re-add beef to pan and combine well. Add

sauce to mixture and bring to boil. Cook until thickened and beef and

broccoli are cooked through. Serve with steamed rice.

I LOVE BOTH SAUCES

Answer 5

Most Chinese restaurants use oyster sauce for beef and broccoli, and a lot of other dishes.  You can find oyster sauce in a bottle in an Asian market, or, quite possibly, in the international section of your supermarket.  I have never seen a recipe for it.

Answer 6

Add dark soy sauce or  black bean sauce along with your other ingredients.