Editorial: Kockums JernverkPublished: 2026-11-06

Beef and broccoli in oyster sauce

Name: Beef and broccoli in oyster sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500 g flank steak or sirloin; 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp cornflour and 1 tbsp oil for the beef; 500 g broccoli, cut into florets; 3 tbsp neutral oil; 3 tbsp water; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2 cm fresh ginger, finely chopped; 1 tsp sesame seeds; 3 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sugar; 100 ml water; 2 tsp cornflour; 300 ml jasmine rice

Serves 4 · 35 minutes · Stir Fry Pan

Thinly sliced beef and crisp broccoli in a glossy oyster sauce, stir-fried in minutes. The high heat of carbon steel sears the beef straight away, and the broccoli keeps its bright colour.

Beef and broccoli is a classic stir-fry of thin slices of beef and broccoli florets in a glossy sauce of oyster sauce, soy, garlic and ginger. It is at its best when the beef is sliced thinly across the grain and seared in batches over really high heat, and the broccoli is quickly steamed in the pan with a splash of water.

Thin slices of seared beef and bright green broccoli florets in a glossy dark brown sauce with sesame seeds in a deep carbon steel Stir Fry Pan, with rice beside

Ingredients

Serves 4

500 g flank steak or sirloin
1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp cornflour and 1 tbsp oil for the beef
500 g broccoli, cut into florets
3 tbsp neutral oil
3 tbsp water
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 cm fresh ginger, finely chopped
1 tsp sesame seeds

Sauce

3 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
100 ml water
2 tsp cornflour

To serve

300 ml jasmine rice

Method

Cook the rice according to the packet instructions.
Slice the beef thinly across the grain. Mix with the soy sauce, cornflour and oil and leave for 10 minutes. Mix the sauce ingredients together.
Heat the pan over the highest heat with 1 tbsp oil. Add half the beef in a single layer, leave it untouched for a minute, then toss for 30 seconds. Lift out and cook the rest the same way with another 1 tbsp oil.
Add the last of the oil and the broccoli. Stir-fry for a minute, add the water and toss for 2–3 minutes until the broccoli is bright green, just tender and the water has evaporated.
Add the garlic and ginger and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Return the beef, give the sauce a stir and pour it in.
Toss for a minute until the sauce has thickened and coats everything in a glossy glaze. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve straight away with the rice.

Why it works

Thin slices of beef need little more than a minute in a really hot pan. Carbon steel handles that heat, so the beef browns before it turns grey, and in the deep Stir Fry Pan the broccoli can steam with a little water without splashing over the edge.