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If you love Asian food, you’ll love this simple and delicious Pork and Broccoli Stir-fry!! It is PACKED with flavor!!
Better than takeout pork and broccoli stir fry is so easy to make and pairs perfectly with Crock Pot White Rice, Cauliflower Rice, or Homemade Fried Rice. It is absolutely delish!
Pork and Broccoli
I want to make sure you have lots of options for the upcoming Chinese New Year and wanted to share my tentative menu too!
I’ve decided on the Honey Sesame Chicken, this next recipe, along with some Fried Egg Rolls and Cream Cheese Wontons. I may have to make some Avocado Bacon Egg Rolls too just because they are delicious, and I’m craving them – ALL.THE.TIME!! ;D
Since I lived in China, I have always loved Asian culture, and especially the food. Chinese New Year is a huge celebration in the country, so now we celebrate in the US too.
Today’s Pork and Broccoli stir fry is a favorite. It’s flavorful and filled with one of my favorite veggies – broccoli!
Easy to make!
SAUCE. Combine orange zest, juice, soy sauce, vinegar, and cornstarch in a medium bowl; set aside.
PORK. In a large skillet on medium, heat 3-5 teaspoon oil. Cook pork pieces in oil 1-2 minutes, until browned on one side. Move to a plate and set aside; reserve skillet.
VEGGIES. In reserved skillet add garlic and scallion whites. Cook 1-2 minutes until scallions wilt, stirring occasionally. Add broccoli and ½ cup chicken broth to skillet. Cover and cook 2-4 minutes, until broccoli is crisp-tender.
COMBINE. Add pork and stir-fry sauce from step 1 to your skillet. Cook 1-2 minutes, stirring until pork is cooked through and sauce has thickened. Top with scallion greens.
Tips + Storing Info
The rice vinegar is used to help create a tangy flavor for this dish. You can easily reduce the amount of vinegar used or you can counteract the tanginess by adding some sugar.
A really easy way to thicken the sauce is to add a little more cornstarch, BUT you don’t want to add it directly to the sauce. Instead add 1 tsp water and 1 tsp cornstarch to a separate bowl and mix. Once smooth add the cornstarch slurry to the sauce in the skillet and stir.
For any new cooks zest refers to grated orange peels. You can buy a citrus zester or simply use the small side of a cheese grater. Gate the peel until you reach the white part of the orange. The zest adds so much flavor to the dish.
This dish tastes great using other veggies as well. Cauliflower is a great choice. You can add in bell peppers, snap peas or green beans. Just be careful that you don’t add too many veggies that there isn’t enough sauce to cover them all.
STORE leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days. REHEAT in a skillet or in the microwave.
For more great asian recipes,check out:
Pork and Broccoli Stir Fry Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tsp grated orange zest
- 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 3-5 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 lb pork tenderloin quartered and thinly sliced
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 3 scallions white and green parts separated and thinly sliced
- 1 lb head of broccoli cut into bite-size florets, stalks peeled and thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
Instructions
- Combine orange zest, juice, soy sauce, vinegar, and cornstarch in a medium bowl; set aside.
- In a large skillet on medium, heat 3-5 teaspoon oil. Cook pork pieces in oil 1-2 minutes, until browned on one side. Move to a plate and set aside; reserve skillet.
- In reserved skillet add garlic and scallion whites. Cook 1-2 minutes until scallions wilt, stirring occasionally. Add broccoli and ½ cup chicken broth to skillet. Cover and cook 2-4 minutes, until broccoli is crisp-tender.
- Add pork and stir-fry sauce from step 1 to your skillet. Cook 1-2 minutes, stirring until pork is cooked through and sauce has thickened. Top with scallion greens.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Pictures for this recipe were re-taken by Alicia of The Baker Upstairs adapted from Martha Stewart.
We thought the recipe was amazing and are looking forward to making again. Had to improvise a bit—used white vinegar instead of rice vinegar and teriyaki sauce instead of soy. Quick and easy dinner, served over brown rice.
So glad you enjoyed it! Your substitutions sound great, and serving it over brown rice makes it even better.
Where is the recipe for the sweet and sour chicken?
We have a regular sweet and sour chicken recipe as well as a baked sweet and sour chicken recipe.
I have to agree with other reviewers that the vinegar level is off. While not inedible, like a few reviewers said, it was extremely unbalanced, with the vinegar over powering everything, and the orange flavor was almost nonexistent.
I agree: I Followed recipe exactly… completely inedible. WAY too much vinegar and soy sauce with no sugar and too much orange. It was really bad.
Followed recipe exactly… completely inedible. WAY too much vinegar and soy sauce with no sugar and too much orange. Sorry but gross. Definitely don’t recommend.
Thanks for the feedback and for giving the recipe a try!
I had to improvise since I didn’t have all the ingredients, but I used your recipe as the basis, I skipped the slurry and used mandarin oranges instead. It was delicious and I’ll make it again .
I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed the recipe and were able to make it work with the ingredients you had!
You forgot the sugar for sauce.
Wouldn’t recommend. It wasn’t edible at all.. if trying it out I’d suggest loosely following the recipe in regards to soy sauce. Use less, we did less then half a cup and it was still bad.
Sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy the recipe. Thanks for the feedback and for giving the recipe a try!
This recipe is awful!! Couldn’t even eat it. Skip this one. Followed the recipe as written, too orangy.
Sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy the recipe. Thanks for giving it a try!
One of the worst meals I’ve ever made. 1/2 cup of rice vinegar?!?! Waaaaay too much.
Unfortunately, too bland for me. Needed Aleppo pepper or red pepper flakes to oomph it up. Even the rice wine vinegar did nothing to jazz up the flavors.
Thanks for the feedback and for giving the recipe a try!
Too strong of vinegar taste.
Recommenc using half the soy sauce and half the vinegar. It is SO salty! Very disappointing.
The flavors are strong, but I liked the dish. I saw a few readers successfully reduced some of the amounts and had success. The flavors works well together, i think it’s just a matter of preference how strong you want them to be.
Yum!! Super tasty & tastes like anything you would get at a restaurant! Chinese food is our favorite!
We love Asian food! This pork and broccoli stir fry is so good and is easy to make.
Sorry but My family and I thought the orange was overpowering the dish so bad they didn’t eat it
Thanks for your feedback and for giving the recipe a try!
Great recipe with a small modification. I have to agree with the previous reviewer that it probably would of been too much vinegar using a 1/2 cup. I used a 1/4 cup vinegar and added1/2 TB. of organic sugar. It was perfect! Definitely make sure you use fresh orange juice and zest it is a key component to this dish. Husband had two helpings. Also when you add the pork and sauce back in make sure to crank the heat slightly so the sauce bubbles and thickens. Stir it all together, lower the heat to low, cover, and give maybe a minute to come all together before serving. Delicious.
Use the 1/2 cup of chicken broth not water when cooking the broccoli.
Thanks for the suggestions! Yes, it is chicken broth. I will change that:)
We didn’t like this one at all. The orange zest and vinegar were very overpowering. I ended up adding a bunch of sugar so it tasted something like orange chicken, but I couldn’t cover up the strong vinegar taste. Also your instructions say to add a 1/2 cup of water, but the ingredient list calls for chicken broth.
We all loved it over here. You can definitely change it to fit your tastes 🙂 Thanks for giving it a try!!