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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!
Try this beef and broccoli combo in a slow cooker or insta pot too. Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli or Insta Pot Beef Broccoli are two flavorful recipes your whole family will enjoy.
20 Minute Garlic Beef and Broccoli Lo Mein
Quick and easy meals to make for your family are always top priority. I especially love creating easy meals that don’t require a lot of effort, but are absolutely delish! For example, this Beef and Broccoli Lo Mein is a tried and true family favorite of ours. The beef and broccoli coated in the sticky and sweet sauce is a dinner we all crave often!
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 under 20 minutes without rushing around. It is simple and easy to throw together at the last minute or to make ahead. This is the perfect filling and satisfying dinner at home and I know that you are going to love it as much as we did!
Ingredients for Beef and Broccoli Lo Mein
This list of ingredients may look long, but don’t worry, you probably have most of these items on hand. Traditional asian ingredients like hoisin sauce, soy sauce, and sesame oil are staples you will use again and again for delicious asian flavors. This Garlic and Beef Broccoli Lo Mein also uses a little bit of garlic, brown sugar, and pepper give the best spice to the sauce!
- Lo mein noodles or spaghetti noodles: Either will be delicious!
- Broccoli florets: Add to boiling water in the last 5 minutes of cooking the pasta.
- Olive oil: Coat skillet with oil before adding in steak to cook it perfectly.
- Flank steak: sliced against the grain
- Garlic cloves: Minced will give a great flavor to the steak.
- Carrot: Shredded carrots quickly cook in the skillet with garlic after steak is done.
- Brown sugar: Measure packed for a great rich sweetness in the sauce.
- Soy sauce: Reduced-sodium adds a perfect amount of saltiness.
- Hoisin sauce: Adds thick glaze-like texture and sweet and salty flavor.
- Sesame oil: Combine with soy sauce, hoisin, ginger, and seasonings for the perfect sticky-sweet sauce.
- Ground ginger: Warm spicy flavor that is a little sweet.
- Crushed red pepper flakes: Adds a bit of heat.
- Pepper: To taste!
- Green Onion and Sesame Seeds: Add these on top for garnish if desired. Adds great flavor as well!
Let’s Make Lo Mein!
Beef and Broccoli Lo Mein is so easy to put together with just 2 pans and 20 minutes. It is a restaurant quality meal that you can make at home.
- Cook pasta: 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.
- Cook steak: 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.
- Mix sauce: In a small bowl whisk together the brown sugar soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, ginger, red pepper and pepper.
- Toss everything together: Add the spaghetti to the skillet and pour the sauce on top and toss until incorporated.
Variations of Lo Mein
Traditionally Lo Mein is a stir fry meal that is made up of noodles tossed with veggies or meats and an asian sauce. The great thing about it is that you can customize this incredible mixture of flavors and textures depending on what veggies and meats you have on hand. Variations will make this meal more convenient and fast, while still giving the same great tasting results!
- No noodles: Leave out the noodles for a simple veggie and meat stir fry. The thick and sweet sauce is insanely delicious and gives the dish so much flavor you will not even miss those carbs!
- Protein: Swap out the beef for chicken or shrimp if that’s what you have handy. Also try Chicken Chow Mein or Shrimp Stir fry for great tasting recipes your family will go crazy over.
- Veggies only: Leave out the meat for a delicious vegetarian version of this meal. For more details on how to create the BEST veggie Lo Mein be sure to read my 20 Minute Vegetable Lo Mein recipe. Easiest Vegetable Stir Fry is a great recipe to check out too!
Can You Make Beef and Broccoli Lo Mein Ahead?
Yes! This is a fantastic recipe to make ahead as part of your family’s meal prepping! Allow it to cool completely and store in an airtight container. It will remain good in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. Or, freeze it for up to 6 months. Thaw in the refrigerator then heat on a skillet until warm throughout.
More Savory Beef and Broccoli Recipes
- Mongolian Beef and Broccoli
- Slow Cooker Cashew Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
- Garlic Beef and Broccoli Noodles
- Slow Cooker Korean Beef
- Super Easy Mongolian Beef
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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 hoisin sauce
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- green onion for garnish
- sesame seeds for garnish
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.
- Cut the flank steak across the grain in 1/4 inch strips.
- 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.
- Garnish with chopped green onion and sesame seeds if desired.
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made with shrimp and then with chichen it was great !!!!
Would it work with fajita meat?
Yes, that sounds delicious!
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!
This is So delicious! My family loves it. I add some cornstarch to it though because it’s a little thin in my opinion.
Delicious! My family loves this recipe…so easy to make and a big hit! This one is a real keeper!
used pork loin with mine and it was the best asian style recipe I have cooked off the web ever.
Excellent! I’ve made this several times! I’ve also used shaved steak which works well too!!!
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.
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
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.
Added some Thai red pepper paste to the sauce and used garlic pepper instead of regular. Added bean sprouts and water chestnuts too.
I will try the recipe..i love to eat meat with pasta…thank u for sharing.
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 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
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.
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.