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Beef, broccoli and chilli stir fry with spring onions in a fry pan, ready to serve and eat.

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Ingredients for beef chilli stir fry on a marble bench: beef strips, spring onions, broccoli, sesame seeds, tahini, oil, chil

Beef chilli stir fry cooking in a pan next to a pot of cooked rice with butter and garlic.

  • : Leave it out if you're sensitive to spice.
  • : If you're pressed for time, mix microwavable rice with garlic sautéed in butter instead of cooking it from scratch.
  • : Use tempeh or tofu strips in place of meat and vegetable stock.
  • Thinly slice with a sharp knife, against the grain and on an angle to keep it nice and tender. Thicker strips tend to get chewier, and this isn't ideal.
  • Many beef and broccoli recipes include a tenderisation step, where the meat is marinated with 1 teaspoon of baking soda before cooking. If you have time, do this one hour prior to cooking, taking care to cover and refrigerate the meat.
Beef broccoli and chilli stir fry served in a white bowl beside garlic butter rice.

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For the stir fry:

For the sauce:

  1. For the rice: In a small saucepan with a fitted lid, melt the butter on medium–low heat. Add the garlic and cook for 2–3 minutes until softened. Butter should be foaming and garlic lightly golden-brown.
  2. Toss the rice and salt through the buttery garlic then pour the hot stock on top. Stir and bring to a boil before turning the heat to low. Cover with a lid and allow to gently simmer for 15 minutes until the rice has absorbed the stock. Remove from heat and sit with the lid on for 10 minutes before fluffing rice with a fork and serving.
  3. Blanch the broccoli: Bring a pot of water to the boil over high heat and prepare a bowl of iced water. Add the broccoli to the boiling water and cook for 3 minutes, then place it in the iced water. This will keep it green and crunchy.
  4. For the beef: In a large, deep fry pan or wok over high heat, fry the beef strips in batches in olive oil. You want to get a nice sear on the meat so do not overcrowd the pan as the meat will stew and not brown. Once browned on both sides, about 1–2 minutes per side, remove from the pan and set aside. Using tongs holding paper towel, wipe the pan clean before the next step.
  5. Turn the heat down to medium and add in the sauce ingredients. Cook until thickened, about 1–2 minutes. You're looking for the consistency of satay sauce.
  6. Add the beef and broccoli into the pan with the sauce and toss to coat evenly. Remove from heat and set aside. Serve with the buttery garlic rice, a generous sprinkle of sesame seeds and spring onion.
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