Asian stir fry beef with broccoli in oyster sauce

Broccoli is one of my most hated vegetables as a kid.  I think generally all kids do.  Initially I guess.  The fact that its so green and looks like a tiny tree doesn't help with its over all image.  But if I were a PR manager for this vegetable, I'd be highlighting its nutritional qualities!  Broccoli in fact is high in Vitamin C and great as a dietary fibre. Studies also reveal that broccoli consumption is shown to be beneficial in the prevention of heart disease!  So let's 'broccoli' y'all! 

This dish is a post for this week's (Week 6)  Power Food blog hop hosted by Mireya from My Healthy Eating Habits.  

To make this simple Asian dish, you'll need:

400g sirloin beef, thinly sliced

2 cloves garlic, finely diced

1/4 cup ginger, julienned

1 onion, quartered

2 bunch/florets brocolli, cut into pieces

2 tablespoons oyster sauce

vegetable oil

sesame oil

salt & pepper to taste

In a skillet or pan, heat about a 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil.  Add the garlic and ginger and stir until fragrant. Do not burn.

Add the beef and sear until browned - 10 to 15 minutes depending on how thinly sliced the beef is.

Add the oyster sauce and the onions and stir through to coat.

Simmer for 5-10 minutes until the beef is cooked through.

Add the broccoli and simmer and cover, or let simmer for 2 minutes. 

Season with salt and pepper and drizzle about a teaspoon of sesame oil.

Take off from heat.

This is a simple dish we usually prepare at home, served with steamed jasmine rice.  Also great mixed with egg or Singapore style noodles

This post is part of a Power Foods blog group.  Check out Mireya's Mireya's Broccoli and Corn puree and the other Power Food posts from Alyce from More Time at the Table, Ansh from Spice Roots,  Casey from Bookcase Foodie, Jeanette from Jeanette's Healthy Living, Jill from Saucy Cooks, Martha from Simple Nourished Living and Sarah from Everything in the Kitchen Sink.



If you are a blogger and would like to take part in this blogging group about Power Foods: 150 Recipes with the 38 Healthiest Ingredients from the editors of at Martha Stewart's Living Magazine, please get in touch with Mireya at mireya@myhealthyeatinghabits.com for details.