Gluten Free Beef and Broccoli

Sometimes it is hard being gluten free - like when I want to be able to go out to eat, or when I am craving Chinese food. Other times I am thankful for being gluten free - when I discover recipes like this! (well, and because hubby and I both feel much better since discovering our gluten issues and removing it from our diets)

This came out tasting way better than any Beef and Broccoli I have had in a Chinese restaurant!

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1 pound beef steak (I used Top Shoulder Steak)

Marinade:

1 Tbs gluten free soy sauce

1 tsp. Sherry

1 1/2 tsp. olive oil

2 tsp. corn starch

Sauce:

1/4 cup gluten free soy sauce

3 Tablespoons brown sugar

1 tsp. Sherry

2 Tablespoons cornstarch

1 1/4 cup cold water

16 ounces frozen broccoli florets (I used 2 fresh broccoli crowns, cut up)

2 Tablespoons olive oil

2 cloves minced garlic

2 teaspoons sesame oil (this is the secret to make it taste like it authentic)

Mix together marinade ingredients in a large glass dish. Cut steak against the grain into thin strips about 1/4 inch thick. Stir into marinade and let sit for 15 mins or so.  Combine sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. Heat a large skillet or wok to medium high.  Put the olive oil and steak in the skillet and cook both sides until brown, about 4-5 minutes.  Steam broccoli in the microwave or in a steamer while steak is cooking.  When the steak is brown, add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.  Pour the sauce mixture over the meat and cook until it begins to thicken.  Stir in the sesame oil.  Remove from heat, stir in the steamed broccoli and serve over rice.