Beef & Broccoli

Since this was the recipe requested, I'll go ahead and do it first even though it's not what's for dinner tonight! SO, maaaaybe you'll be getting two recipes today.

Here is goes!


Marinade that meat :

• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 lb sliced sirloin

Mix all of the above ingredients ( minus the meat) in a medium size mixing bowl. Once that is done, toss your beef in there and get dirty with it! Make sure the meat is nice and coated with your marinade, cover the bowl with some plastic wrap, pop it in the refrigerator, and forget about it for a good hour.

Create your sauce :

• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 generous tbsp brown sugar
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tbsp flour
• 1 tbsp cooking sherry (or a dry white wine, or rice wine)
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil

Mix that all up, set it aside, and try not to drink it! Yes, it smells THAT good.

NEXT, pull out that wok (or large skillet) and add a couple tbsp of vegetable oil. Let it get nice and hot, and throw in your broccoli. ( 2 heads of fresh, or about 3 cups of frozen)

[Disclaimer: If using frozen broccoli, first put it in a sauce pan, cover it with water and cook it until it's no longer well.. frozen. But don't cook it all the way!]

Cook your broccoli for a good 2-3 minutes, remove it from the pan, and set it to the side. Don't stress about it cooling off, because you're tossing it back in the pan in a few minutes.

NOW! In the same pan used for the broccoli, heat up another tbsp of vegetable oil, toss in the meat that's been getting delicious in the fridge with half of that sauce you've been smelling since you mixed it up. [prepare to be drooling]

And finally, once your meat is nice and cooked through, toss that broccoli in there, add the rest of that sauce, let it become friends, then eat it!

See? Easy pea-sy.

Enjoy!