Chinese Beef with Broccoli
🌟Main ingredient:Ground beef
✨secondary ingredients: broccoli and chili-pepper
⏱️Cooking time: 240 minutes
🌶️Spice level: Not spicy
👨👩👦👦Number of diners: Couple
Ingredients
1
pound
ground
beef
1
head
broccoli,
cut
into
florets
1
chili
pepper,
thinly
sliced
2
tomatoes,
diced
2
cloves
garlic,
minced
2
tablespoons
soy
sauce
1
tablespoon
oyster
sauce
1
tablespoon
cornstarch
1
tablespoon
vegetable
oil
Salt
and
pepper
to
taste
Cooked
rice,
for
serving
Cooking steps
In a large skillet, heat the vegetable oil over medium heat.
Add the ground beef to the skillet and cook until browned, breaking it up into crumbles with a spoon.
Add the minced garlic and sliced chili pepper to the skillet. Cook for another 2 minutes.
In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, oyster sauce, and cornstarch until well combined.
Pour the sauce mixture over the beef in the skillet.
Add the broccoli florets and diced tomatoes to the skillet. Stir well to coat everything in the sauce.
Cover the skillet and simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until the broccoli is tender.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Serve the Chinese Beef with Broccoli over cooked rice.
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