Easy Ground Beef Stir Fry Recipe
This Ground Beef Stir Fry Recipe is one you’ll add to your dinner rotation over and over! It uses simple ingredients and there are so many ways to customize it! Ground beef and veggies are coated in a delicious sweet and savory stir-fry sauce that everyone will love. The best part is….it’s done in about 20 minutes!
Often (VERY OFTEN) I get a craving for an Asian stir fry but don’t want all the extra calories involved with take out! 🙂
This ground beef stir fry is one of my go-to dishes — not only is it a lot healthier than takeout, but it’s also SUPER EASY!
I love using ground beef because there’s no need to take time to marinate the meat–the ground beef soaks up all the delicious sauce and cooks up SO QUICKLY!
Also, try my Ground Beef Noodles Stir Fry, and this Healthy Ground Beef and Broccoli for more super easy stir fry recipes! They all make great meal preps, too!
What you’ll love about this recipe:
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
You’ll need the following ingredients to make this delicious Stir-Fry Ground Beef Recipe:
INGREDIENT NOTES
Ground Beef: I like using lean ground beef–90% lean or more.
Cooking Sherry: You can use cooking sherry, Shaoxing vinegar, mirin, or rice wine vinegar.
HOW TO MAKE GROUND BEEF STIR FRY: STEP BY STEP
Here are some quick visual instructions. Remember that full instructions with exact ingredients will be in the recipe card below!
Step 1: In a small bowl, whisk together the ingredients for the stir-fry sauce.
Step 2: In a large skillet, brown up your ground beef, breaking it up into small pieces as it cooks.
Step 3: Add in your veggies and cook until crisp-tender.
Step 4: Stir in sauce and cook 1-2 minutes more until heated through. Serve over rice or noodles!
Confidence Tip
A good stir fry has nice, crisp-tender veggies that aren’t overcooked. Turn off the heat when the veggies are just SLIGHTLY underdone. They will continue to cook a bit, even with the heat off.
STORAGE & REHEATING
- Storage: This ground beef stir fry recipe is great for meal preps and can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
- Reheating: The microwave works great for reheating! You can also reheat the stir fry in a skillet with a splash of soy sauce or beef broth.
Additions & Substitutions
ADDITIONS:
- Spice: Make a spicy sauce by adding red pepper flakes or sriracha sauce!
SUBSTITUTIONS:
- Protein: You can definitely swap out different proteins in this dish! Ground pork, chicken, and turkey all work great! You can even use plant-based “crumbles” like these if you don’t want to use ground meat.
- Veggies: Mix and match your veggies! Use whatever frozen or fresh veggies your little heart desires! Snap peas, snow peas, mushrooms, and different colored bell peppers are some of my faves. You can even use frozen stir fry veggies to make this a SUPER easy meal!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
My family loves this dish over warm jasmine rice or rice noodles. But their favorite is enjoying it mixed in with thick udon noodles!
If you want to pair it with an extra veggie, these sweet and sticky Chinese style green beans are perfect!
Yes!!! It’s fantastic for meal prep! It will keep in the fridge for 3-4 days. When I meal prep this dish, I slightly undercook the veggies a bit to account for the reheating….I like my veggies crisp!
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Easy Ground Beef Stir Fry Recipe
Ingredients
For the Stir Fry
- 1 lb. lean ground beef I like using 90% lean or more, ground chicken and ground turkey also work well.
- 1 medium red bell pepper, sliced into 2 inch pieces
- 1/2 medium onion, sliced
- 1-2 cups frozen cut green beans fresh green beans work too, just allow a bit longer cooking time.
- green onions, sesame seeds for garnish optional
For the Stir Fry Sauce
- 1/2 cup soy sauce, low sodium preferred
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp Shaoxing vinegar, cooking sherry, or rice wine vinegar See Note 1
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- 4 cloves garlic, minced the best garlic chopper!
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, 1 inch piece, grated
Instructions
- Prep: In a small bowl, whisk together sauce ingredients.
- Cook Beef: In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add ground beef. Cook ground beef, breaking it up into small pieces as it cooks (about 2-3 minutes).
- Add Veggies: To the cooked ground beef, add red pepper and onions. Cook about 2 minutes until veggies are slightly softened. Then, add green beans and cook 2 minutes more until heated through ((If you are using fresh green beans, add them in the pepper and onion).
- Add Sauce: Stir in sauce and cook 1-2 minutes, stirring often, until everything is coated and the sauce begins to thicken.
- Serve: Serve over hot white rice, brown rice, cauliflower rice or even ramen noodles! Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds, if you like!
Really tasty and quick. The entire household approved. Definitely adding to weekly rotation.
This was such a quick and easy recipe that does not disappoint! Turned out juicy and flavorful and perfect for busy weeknights, indeed!
I love how simple this stir-fry is, and the homemade sauce is delicious. The perfect dinner for busy weeknights!
Easy to make with great flavors, this is perfect for a busy weeknight meal.
This easy stir fry is another family favorite, and I love that I can have dinner on the table in under 30 minutes! The flavors are so delicious, and the fresh ginger sauce is EVERYTHING!
I absolutely love this beef stir fry, such classic flavors and so filling and satisfying! Definitely adding this into my regular dinner rotation.