Broccoli in Oyster Sauce Recipe

One quick and easy recipe to make is Broccoli in Oyster Sauce. It involves a simple cooking method of stir-frying garlic, broccoli and oyster sauce. In less than no time your meal is ready. Other kinds of vegetable can be cooked this way also, like zucchini, cauliflower, cabbage, snow peas, carrots, etc. Two or more kinds of vegetables can also be combined to create this delectable and nutritious recipe, just like my 3-Kind Vegetable Stir-Fry recipe.

I often prepare this dish to pair it with anything fried or pan-roasted. Aside from being simple to prepare, it is rich with nutritional and health values. Research says that broccoli is rich in vitamins C, A and K, as well as dietary fiber. Broccoli also has anti-cancer properties.


Broccoli in Oyster Sauce

Here is my Broccoli in Oyster Sauce Recipe.

Ingredients:
500 grams Broccoli, cut into small florets
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
5 tablespoons oyster sauce (add more if desired)
¼ cup water or broth
Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking oil

Cooking Procedure:
1) Heat oil in a deep pan (or wok if you have any).
2) Sauté minced garlic. Do not brown.
3) Add oyster sauce and cook for under a minute.
4) Add in broccoli florets and stir-fry in 3-5 minutes over a high heat.
5) The water or broth should be added within the first 2 minutes of stir-frying the broccoli florets.
6) Season with salt and pepper to taste.
7) Serve with steamed rice and your favorite fried or pan-roasted meat or fish.

This recipe serves 3-4 persons.

Broccoli is quick to cook. And, to know when to remove it from heat is when it turns to bright green in color.

Try this recipe and you’ll surely enjoy it!

3-Kind Vegetable Stir-Fry in Oyster Sauce

A lot of parents find it difficult to make their children eat vegetables, but when I was a little kid I never gave my parents a hard time because I would always eat and finish my vegetables. Until today, I am still a veggie lover (but not a vegetarian). I would always like to have dishes with vegetables on it when dining out or make sure to incorporate vegetable servings in our weekly menu plan.

Two nights ago I prepared a dish that’s delicious and very simple to make, which involved vegetables and oyster sauce. I call it 3-Kind Vegetable Stir-Fry in Oyster Sauce. As the title suggests, I only used three types of vegetables namely: carrots, snow peas and white cabbage. Other types of vegetables can also be used like cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, bell peppers, etc. But, I stick to the three previously mentioned as I’d like to have a quickly prepared meal and within budget.


Stir-fry vegetable is always present in any Chinese restaurant menu but I cannot tell if it is solely a Chinese creation because I’ve seen the same dish exists in Thai cuisine. There is also a similar dish popular in Filipino cooking, which we adopted from Chinese, called chop suey.

Here’s the recipe for my 3-Kind Vegetable Stir-Fry in Oyster Sauce. You will like this because it is light and, as I mentioned, very simple to prepare.

Ingredients:
2 medium-sized carrots, sliced crosswise
100 grams snow peas (remove tips)
½ head cabbage, roughly sliced
½ cup oyster sauce
1 medium-sized onion, sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
Spring onions (optional)
¼ cup water (optional)
Vegetable oil


Cooking Instructions:
1. Heat oil in a wok. Sauté garlic and onion.
2. Add carrots and sauté for about 2 minutes.
3. Add oyster sauce and then follow with snow peas and cabbage. Add water if you desire. Add spring onions (optional). Stir constantly until all vegetables are cooked (bright in color). Do not over cook vegetables to maintain crispness.

Preparation and cooking time: 20-25 minutes
Serving size: 2-3 persons

Useful Info:
1. Stir-fry meals are best done using a wok over a high heat.
2. Constant stirring will allow equal distribution of the heat to vegetables and prevent over cooking.

Beef Ampalaya in Oyster Sauce

This recipe is a surprise treat for beef fanatics. The bitter taste of ampalaya or bitter gourd and the sweetness of oyster sauce make this dish exciting. Boq and I are ampalaya lovers, whatever way it is cooked (e.g., just boiled whole) we would finish it off.

Ingredients:

300g beef strips, fresh and clean

½ kilo ampalaya or bitter gourd that’s about 2 to 3 pieces

medium-size, cored and sliced to about half an inch

1 medium-sized onion, sliced

3 cloves garlic, crushed

6-8 tbsp. oyster sauce (adjust according to your taste)

dash of salt

vegetable oil

Cooking Instruction:
Heat oil in a wok or pot. Sauté garlic until light brown. Follow with onion and cooked until translucent. Stir fry beef strips together with garlic and onion. Add in oyster sauce, stir then cover for 5 minutes. Add ampalaya slices. Stir occassionaly until cooked.

You may want to add a dash of salt depending on your taste.
This dish makes 4-5 servings and is a great pair for steamed rice.

Preparation and cooking time: 30 minutes

Useful Info:
1) Do not overcook the beef to achieve its tender state.
2) To reduce the bitterness of ampalaya or bitter gourd, shake it with salt then wash with running water.

Did you know? Ampalaya has medicinal properties. Aside from its ability to lower blood glucose level, reports show that it can lower fat in our blood and makes us resistant to both viral and bacterial infections. Not only that, amplaya can help us protect from developing cancer as it enhances our immune system. Wow, that’s a lot of medicinal benefits from this modest vegetable.