Beef and Broccoli

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup Shaoxing rice wine, dry sherry or sake
• 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 pound beef — chuck or rib steak — sliced thin against the grain
• ¼ cup oyster sauce
• ½ tablespoon chile-garlic sauce, or to taste
• ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon neutral oil, like canola, grapeseed or peanut
• 1 pound broccoli, the head cut into florets and the stems peeled and cut into planks
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 garlic clove smashed
• 2 tablespoons sliced ginger

Directions

1. In a large bowl, whisk together the wine, 2 tablespoons of the soy sauce and the cornstarch. Add the beef to the bowl, and toss to combine, then cover the bowl, and set aside for 20 minutes or so.
2. To make the sauce, combine in a small bowl the remaining soy sauce, the oyster sauce and the chile-garlic sauce, and mix to combine, then add a tablespoon of water and mix again. Set aside.
3. Heat the 1/2 cup of oil in a wok set over high heat. When the oil is hot and shimmering, add a slab of ginger and a smashed garlic clove and about half the beef to the wok, and stir-fry until it is browned and crisp and barely cooked through, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl or plate, and set aside. Then repeat with remaining beef.
4. Pour off the oil in the wok, wipe it out with a towel and return it to the stove over high heat. Add the remaining tablespoon oil, and swirl it around and heat it until it is smoking. Add the broccoli and cook, tossing and stirring frequently, until lightly charred in spots, about 2 minutes.
5. Add 2 tablespoons water to the wok, and toss and stir the broccoli in the steam for an additional 2 minutes, then return beef to the wok, followed by the sauce. Cook, stirring and tossing frequently, for 30 seconds or so, then add the butter, and stir and toss again for 30 seconds more. Serve immediately, with rice.