Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 ½ cups water
  • Salt
  • 1 cup white long grain rice
  • 1 ¼ to 1 ½ pounds thin sirloin steaks or flank steak
  • thinly sliced on bias
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons peanut oil
  • 2 teaspoons ground Sichuan pepper
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • About ⅓ cup black bean sauce
  • About ¼ cup Shaoxing Chinese rice wine
  • or dry sherry
  • 1 tablespoon Sriracha or chili paste
  • optional
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • ½ cup chicken or beef stock
  • or bone broth
  • 4 tablespoons peanut oil
  • 1 leek
  • quartered and washed
  • thinly sliced
  • 1 ½ inches ginger
  • chopped into thin matchsticks or grated
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • sliced or chopped
  • 1 pound broccoli tops or 1 large bunch broccolini
  • thinly sliced and cut into 1 ½-inch pieces
  • 1 red chili pepper
  • thinly sliced

Instruction

  • For the rice, heat 1 ½ cups water to boil, salt it and add the rice, then stir and cover and cook about 15-18 minutes
  • Turn off heat, and fluff with fork to serve
  • Meanwhile, for the beef, combine beef and marinade and let stand 15 minutes
  • For the sauce, whisk up sauce in a medium bowl: black bean sauce, rice wine or sherry, chili sauce, cornstarch and stock or broth – reserving oil for stir-frying the vegetables
  • For the stir-fry, heat a large cast-iron skillet or large frying pan over medium-high to high heat
  • Add 2 tablespoons oil, brown meat well and remove to a plate
  • Add remaining oil to pan, 2 turns of the pan, then add the leeks, ginger, garlic, broccoli and chili pepper, toss 2-3 minutes, add ¼ cup water and cover 2 minutes, then add back beef and black bean sauce, thicken, and toss to combine
  • Fluff rice and serve topped with beef and broccoli in black bean sauce