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Get ready to elevate your weeknight dinner with this Ground Beef Stir Fry recipe. Loaded with colourful bell peppers, crisp zucchini, sweet carrots, red onion, simmered in a garlic-ginger soy sauce then finished with a simple homemade spicy mayo.
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😍 Why You’ll Love Ground Beef Stir Fry
Quick: ready in less than 30 minutes, this is the perfect recipe when you need a quick and delicious dinner.
Flavourful: with a few pantry staples you can whip up an easy and delicious garlic-soy sauce that transforms this dish.
One-pan: whip up this ground beef stir fry using one large frying pan or wok.
Customizable: This recipe is very customizable so feel free to use any veggies you have kicking’ around.
🛒 Ingredients You’ll Need To Make Ground Beef Stir Fry
Sauce Ingredients
Olive oil
Sesame oil
Soy sauce: low sodium.
Rice wine vinegar
Cornstarch
Sriracha: or your favourite hot sauce variety.
Garlic
Ginger
Brown sugar
Everything else you’ll need:
Rice
Ground beef: alternatively you can use ground chicken or turkey.
Fresh vegetables: broccoli, carrots, zucchini, peppers and onions.
Kewpie mayonnaise
Sriracha
Sesame seeds
☑️ How To Make Ground Beef Stir Fry
- Prepare the vegetables: first, begin by chopping your vegetables into similar sized pieces.
- Fry the meat: secondly, fry the ground meat until cooked.
- Fry the veggies: once the meat is fully cooked, then fry your vegetables.
- Make the sauce: then, add all of the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and whisk together.
- Assemble: afterwards, return the ground meat to the pan, pour over the sauce and mix to combine.
- Serve: finally, garnish with sesame seeds, green onions and homemade sriracha mayo.
🗒️ Variations & Substitutions
Protein: swap the ground beef with ground chicken or turkey.
Rice variation: swap the rice with quinoa, udon, soba or rice noodles.
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🤔 FAQ’s
Absolutely! For instance, cabbage, radish and cauliflower.
Simply ensure you have a gluten free soy sauce. Likewise, ensure your sriracha is gluten free.
Yes! Chop and prepare your vegetables and set aside until ready to use. Furthermore, assemble the garlic soy sauce and let refrigerate until ready to use.
Certainly! Ground chicken, turkey or veggie ground would all work.
For example, cauliflower rice, quinoa or any noodle variety.
If your sauce needs to be thicker you can easily do so by adding a cornstarch slurry. Specifically, mix 1 tsp of cornstarch with 1 tsp of water and add it to the pan.
Generally, yes. However, the vegetables may become a softer texture once frozen. To freeze, add to an airtight container and freeze for up to 3 months. When ready to enjoy, thaw in the fridge and heat in a skillet.
🍴 Leftovers? Lucky you.
Store in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 4 days. To reheat simply pan fry or microwave. In addition, I recommend adding a splash of stock or water to thin out the sauce.
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Ground Beef Stir Fry with Spicy Mayo
Equipment
- 1 large frying pan or wok
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 tsp olive oil, for frying the beef
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 lb ground beef
- 4 cups white rice, cooked
- 1 cup broccoli, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 1 zucchini, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1/2 cup red onion, chopped
- green onions, to garnish
- sesame seeds , to garnish
Garlic Ginger Soy Sauce:
- 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tsp sriracha, or another hot sauce
- 1 tbsp cornstarch + 1 tbsp water, mixed
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
Spicy Mayo:
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup sriracha, or another hot sauce
- splash of water
Instructions
- Prepare your vegetables: begin by chopping your broccoli, carrots, zucchini, bell pepper, and red onion into similar sized pieces. Set aside.
- Fry the beef: add 1 tsp of olive oil to a large frying pan or wok and set to medium/high heat. Add the ground beef and cook for 4-5 minutes, or until cooked. Using a slotted spoon, remove the ground beef from the pan and transfer to a bowl.
- Fry the vegetables: next, add 1 tsp of sesame oil to the same frying pan you used to fry the ground beef and set to medium heat. Add the vegetables and allow to sauté for 6-8 minutes, or until cooked to your liking.Sammy's tip: add a splash of water to the pan and cover with a lid. This will allow the steam to help cook the vegetables quicker.
- Prepare the garlic ginger soy sauce: add all of the ingredients together in a small bowl, and whisk well.
- Assemble: once the vegetables are cooked, return the ground beef back to the pan and pour over the garlic ginger soy sauce. Simmer on medium heat for 2-3 minutes, or until the sauce has slightly thickened and everything is mixed together well.
- Prepare the spicy mayo: mix together the mayonnaise and hot sauce. Add a small splash of water to slightly thin out the sauce, making it easier to drizzle over the assembled bowl.
- Serve: spoon the ground beef and vegetable mixture over your prepared rice, and finish with a drizzle of spicy mayo, sesame seeds and green onions.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Another 5 star recipe
To be honest, I was a little skeptical about this one. Put it all together and wasn’t sure… But once we all sat down and started eating it, this was an absolute favorite! 4 for 4!
This is one of my favorite meals I’ve made. It’s light and delicious. We went with chili crisp sauce with the kewpie mayo and it was spicy but so good. I highly recommend you make this one. It’s pretty quick too.
I make this frequently – sometimes I use pork instead of beef – but it’s always a hit!
Hi Carrie! That is so awesome, I am so happy you love this recipe!
One of my all time favorite dinners to make. I add Gochujang for a bit more of a kick.
So simple and easy! Delicious flavoring for the meat!
so freaking good
This one is a winner in my book! I’ve made it twice so far. Husband cant handle ground beef so we substituted chicken one time and grass-fed beef stir-fry strips the second time. Both ways were delicious. My son requested it again the next time he comes home from college. Makes great leftovers too. I’ve added it to my recipe box. It’s a keeper!
This makes me so happy!