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Easy Ground Beef Stir Fry Recipe

Casey Rooney
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!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dinner, lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Asian
Servings 4
Calories 236 kcal

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!

Notes

Note 1: The vinegar gives a nice depth of flavor and adds just the slightest bit of acidity that makes the stir-fry sauce taste authentic! You can use most any vinegar you have on hand (rice wine vinegar, white vinegar, Shaoxing vinegar, white wine vinegar, sherry) or leave it out. Totally up to you!
 
Nutrition is only an estimate based on the Very Well Fit Nutrition Calculator
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Nutrition

Calories: 236kcalCarbohydrates: 13.5gProtein: 27.1gFat: 10.5gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 76mgSodium: 1218mgPotassium: 577mgFiber: 2.1gSugar: 3.2gCalcium: 47mgIron: 4mg
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