This recipe is the perfect takeout fake-out meal. Inspired by my favorite Chinese dishes, this Beef and Broccoli Sheet Pan Dinner with Lo Mein Noodles is the perfect answer to “What’s for Dinner?".
Perfectly cooked Lo Mein Noodles, thin tender Beef, Broccoli, Carrots, and Green Onions come together in the most flavorful gravy-like sauce. If that isn’t good enough, it is all made on a sheet pan in the oven.
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Inspired by Chinese takeout, this dish combines two into one. Beef and Broccoli and Slurpable Lo Mein Noodles cook together on the same sheet pan.
No need for a huge skillet or wok to make a family sized meal. Yes, this dish might traditionally be made in a wok or even a big skillet, but we don’t all have extra large cookware and a standard stove top can limit the size of our recipe. By using a sheet pan, I was able to make this into a very large recipe.
Cooking in the oven leaves your hands free.
This recipe is a fraction of the cost of takeout with all the satisfying flavor.
Sheet Pans are the answer to family sized meals. Try Balsamic Glazed Chicken and Roasted Vegetables and Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil for amazing dinner any night of the week.
- Stir Fry Beef- Some grocers sell sliced beef to be used in stir fry. If you can’t find it ready to use, buy a nice piece of flank steak. Place the meat in the freezer for 15 minutes. Really cold meat is easier to slice and you will be able to get even thin pieces.
- Cornstarch- This is the key to the perfect velvety sauce or gravy. As the sauce heats up in the oven, the cornstarch will thicken the sauce and give you that perfect take out style gravy.
Instructions
Step 1
- Start by cooking the lo-mein noodles per the box instructions. Drain and lay on the lined sheet pan.
- Make up the stir fry sauce and marinade by mixing together soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar, cornstarch, and pressed/minced garlic.
- Use half of the stir fry sauce to marinate the beef and reserve the rest.
- Prepare the broccoli, carrots and green onions and place them on the pan with your cooked noodles. Then coat them in the remaining beef and broccoli stir fry sauce.
Step 2
- Place the marinated beef on top of the vegetables and noodles, add ½ cup of water to the bottom of the pan and bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Once the broccoli and beef are fully cooked, turn the broiler on low for five minutes to crisp up the noodles and brown the beef.
- Finish with a sprinkle of sesame seeds, and serve.
Expert Tips
Dissolve the cornstarch completely in sauce before using it. Cornstarch will not dissolve in hot liquids.
First, coat all of your ingredients and the sheet pan with the sauce. Add the water to the bottom of the pan right before you put it in the oven. The water will create steam in the oven, and help soften the broccoli and keep the noodles from burning. It will ultimately evaporate and you will be left with an amazing Broccoli Beef Lo Mein.
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📖 Recipe
Beef and Broccoli Sheet Pan Dinner with Lo Mein
Ingredients
- 14 oz Box Lo-Mein Noodles
- 2 lbs Beef Sirloin Cut Thin
- 2 Cups Broccoli
- 1 Carrot
- ¼ Cup Green Onions
- 3 Cloves Garlic
- ½ Cup Soy Sauce
- ½ Cup Rice Vinegar
- 2 Tbsp Oyster Sauce
- 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp Sesame Oil
- Sesame Seeds (optional)
- ½ Cup Water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°. Line a sheet pan with foil and then parchment.
- Bring a pot of water up to a boil. When water is at a full boil. Cook Lo-Mein noodles per the box instructions. Drain and lay on the lined pan.
- Place the stir-fry beef pieces into a bowl or food storage bag.
- In a small bowl mix together soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar, cornstarch, and pressed/minced garlic.
- Pour half of the beef and broccoli sauce into the bowl or bag with the meat. Coat the beef with sauce and let sit.
- Wash and chop broccoli into 1” pieces. Wash and peel carrot. Using the peeler, shave the carrot into long thin strips. Wash green onions. Remove the bottoms and cut into 1” pieces. Place vegetables on top of the noodles.
- Pour the remaining stir fry sauce over the noodles and vegetables and toss to coat.
- Add the marinated beef to the pan. Make sure to separate the beef pieces so they will cook evenly.
- Add ½ cup of water to the bottom of the tray.
- Cook at 400° for 20-25 minutes on the middle rack. Stir halfway through. When the broccoli beef is fully cooked, turn the broiler on high for 5 minutes to add a little crisp to the beef and noodles.
- Finish with a sprinkle of sesame seeds, and serve.
Evie says
What size sheet pan do you recommend for this recipe? And do you mix the beef with the noodles/veggies before pouring the rest of the sauce on top of everything? Thanks
deliciousbydesignblog@gmail.com says
A half sheet for this recipe. 18x13”. Once you have the veggies and beef on the noodles, add the sauce and mix it all up.