Ground Beef and Broccoli Recipe – Easy 30 Minute Dinner!
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This ground beef and broccoli recipe is a healthy, delicious meal that takes just 30 minutes to make. It’s an easy one-pan dish loaded with fresh, crisp broccoli and tender ground beef tossed in a savory sauce.
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What I love about this ground beef and broccoli recipe is that it’s quick and healthy! It takes only 30 minutes to make, and it’s filled with tender ground beef, and healthy broccoli tossed in a savory sauce. It is perfect for a quick dinner and easy cleanup.
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How to make this ground beef and broccoli recipe
Prepare the ingredients: Chop the broccoli and garlic, mix the stir-fry sauce in a small bowl or jar; mix a slurry of 2 tablespoons flour and 1/4 cup water in a separate container, and set them aside.
Heat a heavy skillet over high heat with olive oil.
STEP 1: Heat Oil in a skillet over high heat. Once the skillet is hot, reduce the heat to medium-high heat; add the ground beef. Cook it , breaking it into small pieces until it is almost cooked through. Remove the meat from the pan and set it aside.
STEP 2: Reduce the heat to medium heat and add the chopped broccoli and garlic; cook while tossing it with a wooden spoon until the broccoli turns bright green and the garlic soft.
STEP 3: Reduce the heat to low heat and add the beef back to the skillet and stir in the sauce. If you are using homemade sauce, don’t forget to add the slurry to thicken the sauce.
STEP 4: Mix everything together and stir gently until the sauce thickens.
Tips & Tricks
- Rice takes longer to cook than this recipe does, if you are serving your stir fry with rice, start cooking the rice before cooking the stir fry.
- Save time and use pre-cut broccoli florets.
Variations
One of the many great things about sir fry recipes is that they are so versatile! You can add any kind of vegetables or protein. Here are some suggestions:
- Add more vegetables – Add sliced mushrooms, bell peppers, or snow peas to the stir fry, one of my favorites is mushrooms, red bell peppers and broccoli.
- Meatless – Replace the ground beef with crumbled tofu, roasted tofu or tofu slices.
- Change up the meat- Instead of ground beef, use ground chicken, ground turkey or pork.
- Flank steak – Flank steak is the traditional beef and broccoli. Use thin slices of flank steak instead of ground beef in this recipe.
Serving suggestions
Serve ground beef and broccoli garnished with green onions and sesame seeds over brown rice, white rice or cauliflower rice for a low-carb version. It also tastes great over noodles such as lo-mein noodles or soba noodles.
Whichever way you choose to enjoy ground beef with broccoli, try serving it with homemade sriracha sauce on the side to spice it up.
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How to store leftovers
Store leftover beef and broccoli in an airtight container for up to three days. Reheat it on top of the stove or in the microwave.
To avoid soggy rice or noodles, store the leftover beef and broccoli separately from the rice or noodles.
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Yes, you can, but the broccoli will not be as fresh-tasting and crisp as fresh broccoli. The broccoli should be thawed out completely before adding it to the stir fry, and you may have to use more flour to thicken the sauce since the frozen broccoli has more moisture than fresh.
Yes, this is a recipe that is perfect for meal prep. You can easily prepare the ingredients ahead of time and put them together just before eating them. All that you need to do is chop the broccoli, make the sauce, and store everything in separate containers in the refrigerator.
When it’s time to cook, bring the sauce to room temperature, brown the ground beef, and add the broccoli and sauce.
If you are looking for more easy and delicious ground beef recipes, check out these Grass Fed Ground Beef Recipes!
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Ground Beef and Broccoli
Ingredients
- 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound lean ground sirloin or beef
- 4 cups chopped broccoli florets
- 1/2 cup stir fry sauce homemade or store bought
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
Instructions
- Prepare the ingredients: rinse and chop the broccoli and garlic. If you are using homemade sauce, make the stir fry sauce by mixing together 3 tablespoons tamari sauce, 2 tablespoons rice vinegar, 1 tablespoon grated ginger, 2 cloves minced garlic, 1 teaspoon maple syrup, 1/2 cup water and 1 tablespoon sesame oil. Mix together a slurry of 2 tablespoons flour and 1/4 cup water.Heat one half tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet over high heat.
- Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet over high heat. Once the oil is hot, reduce it to medium heat and add the ground beef. Cook the meat for a few minutes until it's cooked through.
- Remove the beef from the pan and drain any excess oil from the meat. Add the remaining olive oil to the skillet and cook the broccoli and garlic for a few minutes until it is crisp-tender and bright green.
- Reduce the heat to low heat. Add the beef back to the skillet and stir in the stir-fry sauce and the slurry mixture.
- Cook for a few minutes over low heat until the sauce becomes thick.
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Nutrition
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Thanks for including nutrition info for your recipes!! Can’t tell you how many things I’ve come across that I’d like to try, and that SOUND healthy, but without the nutrition info, and the fact that I suffer from congestive heart failure as well as obesity, I don’t dare take the chance!! Thanks again for making the choice of whether to make a certain recipe MINE again!!
Hi Penny, You are welcome! I am happy to help you make the choice yours.
Thanks for this delicious recipe, it was so quick and easy. I added a little red pepper flakes to spice it up and it was so good!