Bet you thought I forgot about this thing?
Yeah, I’m just a slacker. But since we're trying to do more fresh stuff now, I'll probably have a few more of these.
So the alternative title for this post is “Adventures in overcooked broccoli”
Sounds fun right?
I decided to make Beef and Broccoli from a recipe from The Pioneer Woman’s website, although the recipe is actually from someone else.
So I cut up the broccoli (which I keep trying to spell broccoli.)
And the beef (fun tip: put the meat in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to make slicing it easier.)
Also, new to me are these three ingredients – I had heard of but never actually used the oyster sauce and the other two I actually had to go to the local smelly Chinese grocery store to find.
Yeah, I’m just a slacker. But since we're trying to do more fresh stuff now, I'll probably have a few more of these.
So the alternative title for this post is “Adventures in overcooked broccoli”
Sounds fun right?
I decided to make Beef and Broccoli from a recipe from The Pioneer Woman’s website, although the recipe is actually from someone else.
So I cut up the broccoli (which I keep trying to spell broccoli.)
And the beef (fun tip: put the meat in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to make slicing it easier.)
Also, new to me are these three ingredients – I had heard of but never actually used the oyster sauce and the other two I actually had to go to the local smelly Chinese grocery store to find.
I made the marinade and set the meat in it.
I then proceeded to screw up. I steamed the broccoli entirely too long.
I pan fried the meat - as per the directions, and then added the sauce.
Then I added the over cooked broccoli to the meat and it let out a bunch of water which made the whole dish entirely too watery and there was no thickening it up and every time I stuck my spoon in it the broccoli disintegrated some more and the was like broccoli mush and beef by the time I was done.
That being said - the flavor was right (although I should have added more pepper and surprisingly a little more salt) so if I make it again, I just have to not overcook the broccoli.
2 comments:
That looks like something my family would enjoy... maybe I should try that this week! SO tired of turkey...
I bet that would be awesome with her sesame noodle recipe. They are great by themselves and super easy to make but would be good with some beef and veggies. However I recommend using the rice noodles from the Asian part of your grocery store versus the thin spagetti she used. They work a lot better.
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