Vegan Broccoli Beef

The CLASSIC Chinese-American take out, but VEGAN and BETTER! Packed with way more flavor than Panda Express, it’s Vegan Broccoli Beef.

When I worked at a video game company, we would often work late (or CRUNCH as they called it) and in order to keep us there, they’d buy dinner. A lot of times it was Panda Express. Honestly, I don’t remember liking it very much, it was greasy AND bland, an awful combo.

So I’m happy to report that I’ve recreated one of their most popular dishes, but not only VEGAN, but way more flavorful and less greasy too!

INGREDIENTS for vegan broccoli beef

For the Broccoli Beef, we’re gonna use Soy Curls! Obviously, use whatever vegan beef you like, but I find that soy curls are the best option for myself. They are super easy to work with and are relatively inexpensive.

We’re gonna just rehydrate them and make a beefy marinade, then cook and reduce them down in that marinade.

Then we’ll coat them in a soy ginger garlic sauce. We can make this with ingredients like Vegan Oyster Sauce, Chinese Black Vinegar and Shaoxing Wine. Or you can sub those ingredients for something more common like Hoisin Sauce and Rice Vinegar.

For the Broccoli, you can either saute fresh broccoli, or microwave or steam some, up to you!

storage

This is best eaten fresh, but you can store leftovers in the fridge for 2 days. Reheat on the stovetop of microwave.

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Vegan Broccoli Beef

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Servings 2 – 3 Servings

Ingredients

  

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BROCCOLI BEEF

• 4 oz. dried Soy Curls
• 9 oz. broccoli florets

Marinade

• 2 cups Beefless Broth
• 1 Tbsp mushroom seasoning or 1 tsp miso paste
• 2 tsp vegan worcestershire sauce
• 1 Tbsp Kitchen Bouquet or Gravy Master optional for color

Soy Ginger Sauce

• 3-4 garlic cloves chopped
• 1 tsp ginger chopped
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 – 2 Tbsp brown sugar or agave, date syrup etc
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp Shaoxing wine or use rice vinegar
• 1 Tbsp vegan oyster sauce or Hoisin sauce
• 1 Tbsp black vinegar optional but recommended
• 1 tsp sriracha optional for some heat

Instructions

 

Broccoli Beef

• Rehydrate the soy curls by covering them in some water for about 10 minutes.
• While soy curls are hydrating, prepare the marinade and soy ginger sauce by combining the ingredients in separate bowls respectively.
• Strain your soy curls. Using your bare hands, squeeze out the excess water. You want them to be as dry as possible. I typically do this in a colander that's got another bowl underneath it (or you could do it over the sink too).
• Get a large skillet heated up over medium heat, add your soy curls and the marinade. Now all we need to do is reduce down, which should take about 30 minutes.
• Reduce liquid completely, if desired, let the soy curls cook for a bit longer to brown a bit.
• Now would be a good time to microwave or steam broccoli. You can also remove the soy curls from the pan and pan-fry the broccoli to your desired doneness as well. If you do that, simply add the soy curl beef back in after doing so.
• Add the soy ginger sauce to the pan, (if you steamed or microwaved your broccoli, add them in now as well) stir to combine. Stir again, and now you're done!
• ENJOY!

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