Delicious Gluten Free Beef Broccoli Stir-Fry

    After two years of tweaking this recipe, it finally got two thumbs up from the Chinese students who board with us!  I found this recipe on  www.recipelink.com and made the modifications indicated below.  I've learned that putting broccoli into a stir-fry is a great way to eat more of this valuable cancer fighting vegetable!

Delicious Gluten Free Beef Broccoli Stir-Fry

1.  Prepare beef:   Rinse 1 pound of beef and cut it into thin bite-sized strips.

2.  Make marinade:   Mix 2 T cornstarch with 2 T water and 1/2 tsp. of garlic powder and stir into the meat and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

3.  Prepare veggies:
(1)  Chop up 3 cups of broccoli into bite-sized pieces
(2)  Chop 1 red bell pepper into strips
(3)  Slice 6 green onions into 1" pieces (Slice the white part small and put in 2 separate bowls)
(4)  Mince  1/4" piece of ginger root.
(5)  Slice 2 carrots and 2 stalks of celery on the diagonal .
(6)  Optional:  Slice 2 cups nappa cabbage.

4.  Make stir-fry sauce - I made a lot of adjustments to the sauce:   Combine 2/3 cup (instead of 8 T)  of gluten free tamari (soy sauce), 1/2 cup of water, 5 T rice wine,  4 T sugar, 2 tsp. salt (increased from 1 tsp.),  1 1/2 tsp. black pepper (my modification)  2 tsp. sesame oil (my modification), and 1 T tapioca starch or cornstarch.

5.  Stir-fry beef:  Warm up wok or electric skillet and then put 2 T of coconut oil in and heat for 1 minute.  Add the beef and stir-fry until it browns. Remove and put in a dish and cover.

6.  Stir-fry veggies:
(1)  Add 1-2 T more of coconut oil and add ginger, green onions, red pepper, and broccoli  plus any of the optional vegetables you would like to add and stir-fry 2 minutes.
(2)  Add the stir-fry sauce and stir-fry 2-3 more minutes until the vegetables are crisp-tender.
(3) You can also add 1 can of drained baby corn.  
(4)  Adjust the seasonings--more salt, pepper, or another tablespoon of tamari. If you like a richer sauce, you can add 1T of gluten free oyster sauce.

Other Chinese recipes on this blog:

Note about Internet recipes:  For the past 6 years we've hosted international students. Whenever I've made something, they have tasted it, and given me recommendations to make it taste more authentic.  Most of these Internet recipes have been tweaked by their suggestions.

BEEF RECIPES:
Delicious Gluten Free Beef Broccoli Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
The Best Gluten Free Mongolian Beef Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Ginger Beef Stir-Fry (Modification of Internet recipe)

CHICKEN RECIPES:
Gluten Free Chinese Almond Chicken Stir-Fry   (Modification of Internet recipe)
Amazing Gluten Free Chinese Cashew Chicken Stir-Fry   (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Garlic Chicken Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Chicken Broccoli Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Spicy Kung Pao Chicken Stir Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Gluten Free Chinese - Authentic Chinese BBQ Chicken  (From my Bible Study friend Rose)
Rose's Chinese Yellow Curry with Chicken & Vegetables  (From my Bible Study friend Rose)
Gluten Free Chinese - Fantastic Soy Sauce Chicken  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Rose's Authentic Stir-Fried Chicken & Vegetables (Made Gluten Free!)
Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Chicken (From my daughter-in-law's family cookbook)

TOFU RECIPES:
Tofu & Vegetable Stir-Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Orange "Beef" Tofu Stir- Fry  (Modification of Internet recipe)

FISH RECIPES:
Steamed Scallion Ginger Fish with Stir-Fried Bok Choy  (Modification of Internet recipe)
Fantastic Mahi & Vegetable Stir-Fry   (Modification of Internet recipe)
Tasty Gluten Free Sweet & Sour Fish  (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)

NOODLES & RICE:
Gluten Free Chinese Fried Rice    (From my Come & Dine Cookbook)
The Cheung's Gluten Free Chow Mien  (My Bible study friend Rose taught me this)

SOUP RECIPES:
Chinese Chicken Soups  - Bok choy chicken, chicken & spinach, and chicken & cabbage
Gluten Free Chinese Hot Pot  (Combination of Internet & Yingying a student from China)
Chinese Egg Drop Soup   (From my Syre School Cookbook)

SALAD RECIPES
Gluten Free Chinese Chicken Cabbage Salad  (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Rose's Refreshing Cucumber Salad  (From a Bible study friend)
Chinese Mandarin Salad & Thai Peanut Dressing   (Dressing is from my friend Judi)