Easy to make at home
UPDATED 2020
This dish has all of the taste characteristics of the authentic version of beef with broccoli without the crunch of lo mein noodles or the fattiness of the sauce. Since it came from "Cooking Light" you can bet it is nutritious and low in fat and caloric content. Barbara had seconds, so I know it was good! David stayed for dinner and enjoyed it as well.
---Tom
Beef Broccoli Lo Mein
(adapted from Cooking Light)
Serves 6
16 ounces of uncooked spaghetti or buccatini
2 T. dark sesame oil
2 T. peanut oil
2 T. minced peeled fresh ginger
4 garlic cloves minced
3 cups chopped broccoli florets
1 large onion, sliced (about 1.5 cups)
1 to 1.5 pound flank steak, cut across the grain, into thin strips, then in thirds
3 T. low-sodium soy sauce
2 T. brown sugar
1 T. oyster sauce
1 T. chili garlic sauce or Sriricha
Heat the peanut oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the ginger and the garlic and saute approximately 30 seconds. Next add the broccoli and the onions and saute for at least five more minutes. The onion should just be starting to soften.
Cook the pasta per the directions on the box without salt or oil in the cooking water until the pasta is al dente. Drain the pasta in a colander and then put into a large bowl that has the dark sesame oil in it. Thoroughly mix the pasta with the sesame oil and then set aside.
Next add the flank steak strips and saute for another five minutes or so, or until it is well browned and cooked to your liking.
Dump the pasta into the saute pan. Add the soy sauce, brown sugar, oyster sauce and chili-garlic sauce. Stir the mixture constantly to both reheat the pasta as well as to get the remaining ingredients thoroughly infused with the vegetables and flank steak. This will take another couple of minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat, and plate it up...and enjoy! Barbara made a nice green salad to go along with this, which was a perfect complement to this dish.
---Tom
