by Alyssa Rivers
20 Minute Garlic Beef and Broccoli Lo Mein has melt in your mouth tender beef with broccoli, carrots, and noodles. The sauce adds such amazing flavor to this incredibly easy meal!
School is starting for us next week! Have you seen that meme that says, “I know that school doesn’t start for a week, just walk slow.” That is my favorite meme. The kids are going stir crazy and its time to get our lives back. Am I right? 😉 This summer did fly by for us with a new baby. I can’t believe it is already time to start.
We always go the weekend before school starts to Park City for one last hurrah. It is absolutely gorgeous up there! We love to do our school shopping at the outlets, stay in a really fun place, and end with the alpine slide. The alpine slide is always something my kids look forward to every year. It was a fun family outing and was enjoyed by all!
With school starting, I will be bringing you some quick and easy meals to make for your family. Not that I haven’t been bringing you quick and easy for a while now. A new baby and busy life tends to consume me. But I love making easy meals that don’t require a lot of effort that are absolutely delish!
This is a family favorite of ours. The beef and broccoli combination are one of our favorites and my kids are a huge fan of noddles. This is THEE perfect meal to make for your family and especially for the busy back to school time. I put this meal together in 15 minutes, but I wanted to give an extra 5 minutes to those that aren’t trained in super fast I have a baby crying skills.
This is the perfect meal in one and I know that you are going to love it as much as we did!
20 Minute Garlic Beef and Broccoli Lo Mein
Ingredients
- 8 ounces lo mein noodles or spaghetti noodles
- 3 cups broccoli florets
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounce flank steak sliced against the grain
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 medium carrot shredded
- ¼ cup packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoons hoisen sauce
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
In a large pot with boiling water, cook the noodles according to package directions. Add the broccoli the last 5 minutes of cooking and let them cook until tender. Drain the noodles and broccoli.
While the pasta is cooking, add olive oil to a medium sized skillet. Cook the steak until no longer pink. Add the garlic, and carrots and cook for a minute more.
In a small bowl whisk together the brown sugar soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, ginger, red pepper and pepper.
- Add the spaghetti to the skillet and pour the sauce on top and toss until incorporated.
Recipe Notes
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Amazing!
This dish was FABULOUS! I used sirloin steak. Cannot say enough about the flavor – .so very good. I used lo mein noodles. I’m a fan now. My husband and I will make this a regular dish for sure.
Excellent recipe. I love it and I’m sure my family will too. Thank you!
My whole family really liked this dish! The only thing I might adjust for next time is a little less brown sugar, but otherwise it was excellent! (Made with spaghetti noodles)
This is delicious. I have also substituted chicken for the steak. It always gets rave reviews. Easier and cheaper than take-out! This is one of my go-to recipes.
This recipe is really good. The sauce is delicious. I doubled the sauce. and I added more vegetables – zucchini, onion, mushrooms, red pepper, and water chestnuts. I added some fresh ginger when I browned the beef.
Really great recipe! The sauce is delicious. I doubled the sauce and added more vegetables – red pepper, zucchini, onion, mushrooms, and water chestnuts. I added fresh ginger when I cooked the beef.
I really liked this but I definitely think next time I’ll half the sauce ingredients as there was too much leftover..any recommendations about how to do that? (such as just cut down on the soy sauce or half everything)? Thanks
2TBS soy sauce
I’m excited to try the recipe. It’s hard to get a decent print out of it without a printable version. I don’t need a 27 page print out of your entire post. Printable versions are so much handier.
Just click print where the recipe starts.
Try using the Paprika app! You can copy and paste recipes like this and it saves them nice and concise in your phone!
This is an excellent recipe .It was easy to follow and so delicious but for the sauce you only need half the amount.
Is the flank steak tough when its cooked on the stove relatively quickly? I’ve had it in a pressure cooker and bbq but never stove top. I’m worried it’ll be chewy
It is delicious! I hope you give it a try and enjoy it! Thanks for following along with me! XOXO
We usually grill or fry a whole flank steak until it’s mediumrare and it is never tough. If you cut it thinly it would be done in minutes and should not be though at all
Yummy! I made zoodles and spaghetti on the side and doubled the recipe. This will be in the dinner rotation. Next time I will add less sugar and more vegetables.
I had a leftover steak to reimagine and this recipe was perfect. I just threw the sliced steak in after the carrots and garlic were soft to warm it up. I tweaked the sauce by reducing the brown sugar to 1T and adding 1T of rice vinegar. With the hoisin sauce, it was already plenty sweet. Anyway, my people ate this up.
Just made this and it was amazing! Highly recommend! Couldn’t find flank steak here in the UK so used thin sliced sirloin but was still delicious. Will definitely make it again and it wasn’t expensive at all! Still have left over ingredients so only need to buy steak next time.
you can get skirt of beef, in UK like flank, nice and cheap and very very tasty
I tried this the other night and it was a huge hit! do you think I could use venison instead of beef?
OOO!! That sounds delicious! Let me know how it turns out! XOXO
We loved this recipe and am making it again Monday night!
Trying this tonight! How many will it serve?
Melanie!
This dish can typically feed four to six. I hope this turned out great! Please let know what you think! Thanks for following along!
Thank you for posting the nutritional info but can you please tell me how much is one serving? 1 cup? 1/2 cup? Etc. Thanks!
The nutritional information is based off of 1 cup per serving.
Favorite dish!
This recipe is way better than any take out an super easy. Since I’ve discovered it I’ve made it 4 times. I do add some extra veggies including onion. Yum!! try it
Glenda!!
I am so glad that you like it! Those are great additions. Thanks for following along with me!
Do you season the meat? I would think that the meat needs some seasoning like salt.
You are welcome to add salt and pepper to taste if you would like.
Nutrition facts for this recipe ?
I like to use skinnytaste.com or myfitnesspal.com for any nutritional information. Hope that helps you!
This was SO delicious! I just used 1 less tsp of sesame oil because I find it typically salty and I doubled the red pepper for extra spice. My husband ate his whole bowl including the broccoli, which he typically avoids at all costs! Definitely adding to my regular meals!
I’m with ya. I like sesame, but not 2 tsp worth. A little goes a long way with me.
I don’t know what I did wrong. First time I made it the sauce was super thick and spicy.
This time I made it again with same ingredients except swapped steak for chicken. It had no flavor. Sauce was watery and lacked flavor or spice. Chicken was rubbery and dry with no flavor.
Help! I want to like this recipe again. I don’t know what to do next time.
I tried this tonight with Rice Noodles as my daughter has Celiac’s. The picture looks like it includes scallions and sesame seeds but the recipe doesn’t call for either. Disappointed to find out that Hoisin Sauce has wheat in it and therefore, I couldn’t add it. Still fairly flavorful. It was a big hit with my other daughter. When I do it again, I will use a different kind of rice noodles. I used a linguini type,very flat.
HI Eileen, I don’t normally reply to comments but my mum has Coeliacs too, and I make this for my family GF all the time so I thought I’d share some tips!
I use San Remo GF spaghetti as the noodles and it works perfectly. I also have been able to find GF hoisin sauce in the supermarket too – I usually use the Ayam brand. Not sure where you live but hopefully you’ll be able to find some similar products if you have a look around! I know how much of a struggle Coeliacs can be for everyone
it was amazing me and my husband ate so much! what is the serving size and calories etc for this though I can’t seem to find it.
I like to use skinnytaste.com or myfitnesspal.com for any nutritional information. Hope you find what you are looking for.
How come the picture shows scallions and sesame seeds, but the recipe doesn’t list them?
The scallions and sesame seeds are an addition to the meal you are welcome to garnish the lo Mein with. Hope that helps!
This meal is way BETTER than take out. It came together so quickly…definitely quicker than take out getting to the house. This will be added to my “take out” menu for when we want take out but don’t want to waste the calories or spend the money.
Loved it!!! Will definitely make again. Just wondering how many calories?
This was very good! I cook for a large family so I doubled the recipe. Next time I will add even more brocolli and use less noodles. I stir-fried the veggies separately instead of steaming them and I also added an onion as I feel that is a MUST have in this dish. I disagree that there was too much sauce. I thought it was the perfect amount!! Thanks for the recipe!
This recipe is delicious! I have been making it for awhile now and it is one of my very very picky daughter’s favorite homecooked meal. (she usually wants takeout) And once you buy the ingredients the first time you can get a couple of meals out of them with the exception of having to buy more steak.
Yes! You are so right! Thank you for sharing! I really appreciate it!
Dont suppose I could use this recipe with pork?Anyone tried it?
I made it with left over pork chops. It was delicious. I’m looking forward to making it again with snow peas and water chestnuts.
That sounds delicious Michelle! Let me know how it turns out.
Great recipe. I did have to cut back on the brown sugar as it was too sweet. I added water chestnuts and sugar snap peas. Will definitely make this again.
I need a lot of these quick meals as we eat late according to schedules . Also can you give me some crockpot recipes please. Thank you sooo much
Made this tonight for dinner. I added mushrooms & waterchestnuts too. An unusually sweeter taste to the lomein, but good! I may tweak a little next time – I really loved the Hoisin flavor so I may add a little more of it next time and maybe a little less brown sugar.
I did not read the spaghetti quantity and cooked the whole box when it should have been half! That error = not enough sauce! I hurried and whisked up another batch. Glad it was easy to make.
Thank you for the recipe!
I will try the recipe..i love to eat meat with pasta…thank u for sharing.
Added some Thai red pepper paste to the sauce and used garlic pepper instead of regular. Added bean sprouts and water chestnuts too.
This recipe was excellent! I sauteed half an onion, two peppers, and some mushrooms and added it to the mixture. The sauce is fantastic. Wicked easy to make.
I don’t normally leave comments/reviews on recipes.. but, this is honestly my favorite dish!! I have to force myself to stop eating before I explode! SO GOOD! I love the sauce
I don’t have hoisin sauce. What can I substitute the hoisin sauce with??
You can make this mixture for the hoisin sauce
1 cup (minus 3 tablespoons) thick barbecue sauce, 3 tablespoons molasses, 4 teaspoons soy sauce, 4 teaspoons yeast extract, and 2 1/2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder.
OR
Soy sauce, prunes or dark brown sugar are great replacements for hoisin sauce.
Excellent! I’ve made this several times! I’ve also used shaved steak which works well too!!!
used pork loin with mine and it was the best asian style recipe I have cooked off the web ever.
Delicious! My family loves this recipe…so easy to make and a big hit! This one is a real keeper!
This is So delicious! My family loves it. I add some cornstarch to it though because it’s a little thin in my opinion.
This sounds delish and we will certainly try it (I have all the ingredients) but there is no way I can wash & chop three cups broc, slice 8 ounces of steak, peel & shred a carrot, and measure everything out in five minutes flat. That must be your superpower because there is no way I can do all that, that fast. Was that a typo? Surely you meant 10 minutes, if not 15. I must be doing something wrong because this happens to me all the time. I pick a recipe because I want something super fast and then when I go to actually do the prep work & measuring, I have to laugh at myself for being SO SLOW. LOL! It never works for me so I add 10-15 minutes for everything. The only other way is buy everything prewashed & chopped/sliced or hire a sous chef.
Can I use pot roast instead of flank?
Thank you
Beverly
Yes, that will be delicious!
Would it work with fajita meat?
Yes, that sounds delicious!
made with shrimp and then with chichen it was great !!!!
Great recipe! I just made this while being quarantined. Super easy, and awesome flavor. My son and I loved it!
Hello Alyssa,
Can you tell me the difference between low mein noodles and sphagetti noodles?
And where can I find low mein noodles at the grocery?
So excited to try this tonight. Debating if I should use the spaghetti noodles or I also bought UDON noodles. Help please 🙏🏻
Either will taste great! UDON noodles sound like a great combination.
My entire family of 4 loved the recipe! Delicious and enough for dinner a second night! I used 14 oz. of lo mein, doubled the sauce, and 16 oz. of chicken and there was not enough meat. Everyone asked for more meat! I cooked the broccoli for only 3 minutes, but it had to sit for a bit before I was ready to add it. It melted into the meal, i.e. you could only see green dots and not actual florets remained. The kids really liked it and didn’t fuss about “broccoli” so I guess that was good, but I felt like I should have blanched the broccoli. I also added red pepper and that was a great addition! Highly recommend!
Will round steak work? I want to make this really bad but round steak is on sale & I am on tight budget.
Yes, that will work great!
This is a great dish! Great flavour and SO easy to put together. My husband asked me to
add green pepper and mushrooms…I didn’t want to for the first try…but I gave in and it was
delicious! This is a new “staple” recipe in our house!