This Japanese style Keto Beef and Broccoli was born from a typical weekend pick up rim from a local Chinese joint.
Every weekend we get together with family and have Sunday dinner. Most of the times, when we can’t think of what to eat, we end up ordering Chinese food takeout.
There’s so many different items of the menu that we never get tired of it and almost always order a few new dishes that we haven’t tried yet.
One of these dishes, happened to be a beef and broccoli type of dish that everyone just loved. It wasn’t your typical beef and broccoli but a more sweet and savory version.
It was so good in fact that it ended up being the only dish that had no leftovers.
Now, I am and will always be a fan of the traditional beef and broccoli but this dish had a little twist to it that opened my eyes to what a different style beef and broccoli could taste like!
This restaurants beef and broccoli was a little sweet, a little peppery, and had a complex taste that I knew I’ve had before but couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
Around halfway through our meal, it came to me – it tasted very similar to yakisoba sauce! Of course it wasn’t exactly yakisoba sauce, but it shared enough characteristics that I knew this would make a good fusion for me to experiment with and ultimately ketofy!
So later in the week, I hit the test kitchen with this vision in mind and out came a dish we coined Sweet Japanese BBQ Beef n’ Broccoli!
It came out just as good as the version we had at the restaurant but we, of course, keto-fied it! Hope you enjoy!
This dish would probably be boarder line keto at ~6g carbs per serving but definitely filling enough to be the main course.
The recipe takes your traditional Beef & Broccoli and transforms it to a Japanese BBQ profile packed with sweet and sour Worcestershire flavor bursting with tangy umami!
The special ingredients needed for this recipe are Toasted Sesame Seed (optional), Bonito Flakes (optional), Swerve/Monkfruit, Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce (you can skip this if you are strict keto), Sugar-Free Ketchup, Xanthan Gum and White Pepper. All these can be picked up on Amazon or a local Asian Supermarket.
Now, let’s get started!
Prepping Time 5M
Cook Time 5M
Total Time 10M
Net Carb/Serv ~6g
Servings 2
Ingredients
Steak
- 3/4 lb Round Steak
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1 Cup Broccoli
- 1 tbsp Neutral Cooking Oil (oil with no taste)
- 1 tsp Toasted Sesame Seed (optional topping)
- 1 tbsp Bonito Flakes (optional topping)
Sauce
- 2 tbsp Swerve/Monkfruit
- 1 tsp Soy Sauce
- 1 tsp Oyster Sauce
- 2 tsp Sugar-Free Ketchup
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/4 tsp White Pepper
- 1/8 tsp Xanthan Gum
Directions
1) Gather all the ingredients (Xanthan Gum not pictured).
2) Combine and mix all ingredients for sauce – Swerve/Monkfruit, Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce, Sugar-Free Ketchup, Worcestershire Sauce, White Pepper and Xanthan Gum. Set aside.
3) Pat down the round steak with a paper towel then slice steaks into 1/2 inch strips, sprinkle salt and set aside.
4) Wash, cut broccoli into bite size pieces and set aside.
5) In a large frying pan, add cooking oil and bring up to temperature over high heat. Once oil starts to lightly smoke, carefully add broccoli, stir well and cook for 1 minute. Once 1 minute has passed, remove broccoli and set on a holding plate.
6) Add beef into the same large frying pan and cook on high heat for 1-1.5 minutes or until slightly browned.
7) After beef is browned, add back in the broccoli and pour sauce into the large frying pan. Mix well, cook for an additional 1-2 minute or until desired broccoli tenderness is reached. Transfer to serving plate and sprinkle optional Toasted Sesame Seed and Bonito Flakes. Enjoy hot!
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Sweet Japanese BBQ Beef n' Broccoli
Ingredients
Steak
- 3/4 lb Round Steak
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1 Cup Broccoli
- 1 tbsp Neutral Cooking Oil (oil with no taste)
- 1 tsp Toasted Sesame Seed (optional topping)
- 1 tbsp Bonito Flakes (optional topping)
Sauce
- 2 tbsp Swerve/Monkfruit
- 1 tsp Soy Sauce
- 1 tsp Oyster Sauce
- 2 tsp Sugar-Free Ketchup
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/4 tsp White Pepper
- 1/8 tsp Xanthan Gum
Instructions
- Gather all the ingredients.
- Combine and mix all ingredients for sauce – Swerve/Monkfruit, Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce, Sugar-Free Ketchup, Worcestershire Sauce, White Pepper and Xanthan Gum. Set aside.
- Pat down the round steak with a paper towel then slice steaks into 1/2 inch thick strips, sprinkle salt and set aside.
- Wash, cut broccoli into bite size pieces and set aside.
- In a large frying pan, add cooking oil and bring up to temperature over high heat. Once oil starts to lightly smoke, carefully add broccoli, stir well and cook for 1 minute. Once 1 minute has passed, remove broccoli and set on a holding plate.
- Add beef into the same large frying pan and cook on high heat for 1-1.5 minutes or until slightly browned.
- After beef is browned, add back in the broccoli and pour sauce into the large frying pan. Mix well, cook for an additional 1-2 minute or until desired broccoli tenderness is reached. Transfer to serving plate and sprinkle optional Toasted Sesame Seed and Bonito Flakes. Enjoy hot!
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Thank you for the recipe. I will try this sometime this month.
Why isn’t there any other comments?!
Hey Carri! Hope you like it! And I don’t know why we don’t have more comments, but feel free to leave them as we love to read them!