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Dinner · Chinese-American · Weeknight

Beef & Broccoli

Takeout's greatest hit, faster than delivery and glossier, too.

Open it in the app → Scaled list, tap-off ingredients, and cook mode with timers. The iPhone app is coming soon; the web mockup runs it now.

Ingredients serves 4

  • 1 lb, thinly slicedflank steak
  • 4 cupsbroccoli florets
  • ¼ cupsoy sauce
  • 2 tbspbrown sugar
  • 3 clovesgarlic
  • 1 tbspfresh ginger
  • 1 tbspcornstarch
  • 1 tsptoasted sesame oil
  • to servewhite rice

Method one step at a time, with timers in the app

  1. Toss the beef with 1 tsp of the cornstarch and 1 tbsp of the soy sauce.
  2. Whisk the rest of the soy sauce and cornstarch with the sugar, sesame oil and ¼ cup water.
  3. Sear the beef in batches over high heat; set aside. Steam-fry the broccoli with a splash of water for 3 minutes.⏱ 3 min
  4. Add the garlic and ginger, then the sauce and beef; toss until glossy. Serve over rice.

Allergens, with the fine print read

An original Socrabites recipe by Sential Systems. Every allergen tag was checked by two people during editing and awaits final sign-off.