Ground Beef Stir Fry
This ground beef stir fry recipe us a quick & easy 30-minute dinner. Ground beef and veggies are stir-fried in a delicious homemade sauce, resulting in a healthy meal that's better than takeout!
Servings: 6 Serivngs
Cost: $8
Equipment
- chef's knife
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- ½ onion (diced)
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon minced ginger
- 2 cups broccoli (6 ounces, cut into bite-sized pieces_) 170 g)
- 1 small zucchini (about 1 cup, diced)
- 1 red bell pepper (diced)
- 1 carrot (about 1 cup, diced)
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
Sauce
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup hoisin sauce
- 1 Tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 Tablespoon mirin (or rice vinegar)
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 1 Tablespoon sweet chili sauce’
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 Tablespoon water
Instructions
- Whisk the sauce ingredients together (except for water and cornstarch) in a 2-cup glass measuring cup.
- Combine the cornstarch and water in a small bowl, set aside.
- Cook the ground beef, onion, garlic and ginger in a large skillet over medium-high heat until the ground beef is no longer pink, breaking it into small pieces as you cook and stirring often.
- Then, add the broccoli, zucchini, red pepper and carrots, and 1 Tablespoon of sesame oil and cook until the vegetables just start to become soft (about 5-8 minutes), stirring often. Cover between stirring.
- Next, stir in the sauce and cook, uncovered for 3-5 minutes, or until it just starts to thicken.
- Then, add the cornstarch mixture to the ground beef stir fry in the pan and cook uncovered stirring often until the sauce is thickened.
- Serve over rice or noodles.
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Notes
Ingredient Substitution Notes
- Ground beef. I use 85/15% ground beef, but you can use a 93/7% lean ground beef, or even ground chicken or turkey - you'll just need to cook it in some oil.
- Vegetables. You really can use any vegetables you prefer in this recipe - making it a great "clean out the fridge" dinner too.
- Soy sauce. low sodium and regular both work well.
- Minced ginger. ¼ teaspoon of powdered ginger works well in place of minced.
- Sesame oil. critical for the most authentic flavor, but can be substituted with peanut oil if you must.
- Honey. brown sugar is a great substitute for honey.
- Mirin. rice vinegar works in place of mirin.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 322kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 848mg | Potassium: 517mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 2569IU | Vitamin C: 60mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 2mg