Chinese Ground Beef Stir Fry

Chinese Ground Beef Stir Fry is a super healthy dish, and quick to make. Its deliciousness is on a different level. It is packed with healthy veggies with the best homemade stir-fry sauce mixture. Perfect for busy weekdays and ready just in 30 minutes!

Chinese food is one of my favorite comfort food. I could eat Chinese Takeouts or homemade Chinese food every day. So, I found it necessary to learn to make them in my kitchen. Stir Frying is one of my favorite cooking techniques I love from this cuisine. Goes everything in the wok and it’s ready in under 30 minutes.

Healthy vegetables, and lean ground beef tossed with the sweet and savory dark sauce are just heaven for me. Stir Fry is totally customizable. You can add other veggies such as mushrooms, or snap peas. You can swap also the beef for pork, turkey, chicken, or even tofu!

This Ground Beef Stir Fry is super hearty, yet healthy, and it’s a perfect option for lunch or easy weeknight dinners! Worth the try! I promise you!

Why You’ll Love It

• Super Simple and Quick to make. Literally, it can be done in less than 30 minutes.
• Sweet and Savory Dark Sauce – This sauce has a total of 7 ingredients which will give a total authentic flavor to the dish.
• So delicious and fulfilling – It’s a dish that you’ll get full right away
• Customizable – You can “build your own” stir fry.
• Caution! Once you made it, you will be crazy about this recipe from on.

One of my favorite Chinese Stir Fry recipes is the Beef Asparagus Stir Fry which is the perfect one-pan dish or this simple Chicken Veggie Stir Fry which is the perfect recreation of Takeouts.

Ingredients for the Ground Beef Stir Fry

It’s a really simple recipe that includes just a few ingredients.

• Ground Beef
• Onion
• Garlic
• Broccoli
• Carrots
• Salt and Black Pepper

The Sweet and Savory Dark Sauce

I call the sauce the food’s soul. The sauce gives the whole stir fry the traditional and authentic flavor.

I wanted to showcase all the ingredients for the sauce to make your work easier. If you are from America all these ingredients can be found in Walmart or Target. Or by clicking on the links, from Amazon.

• Hoisin Sauce
• Rice Cooking Wine
• Soy Sauce
• Sesame Oil
• Ground Ginger
• Ground White Pepper
• Minced Garlic

How to Make the Chinese Ground Beef Stir Fry

1. In a small bowl, add all ingredients for the sauce and whisk until well blended. Set aside.
2. Add a sprinkle of sesame oil to a large skillet, and set to medium-high.
3. Sautee onions and minced garlic until translucent. Add a pinch of salt.
4. Add ground beef and cook until slightly browned. Mixing and crumbling up the ground beef as it cooks.
5. Add in the wok broccoli and carrots, a pinch of salt, and pepper. Stir fry until is soft yet crunchy.
6. When ground beef it’s done place it in the wok to stir-fry.
7. Pour the sauce mixture into the wok, on top of the ground beef and veggies, and stir together.
8. Add additional soy sauce if needed.
9. Garnish with sesame seeds or green onions. Or both.
10. Best served with white rice.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best oil to use in a stir-fry?

You need an oil that has a high smoke point such as vegetable oil, canola oil, soybean oil, or peanut oil. Extra virgin olive oil, sesame oil, flax-seed oil, shortening, or stir fry is not suitable for stir-frying for the low smoke point.

Although there are some Chinese dishes it uses Sesame Oil to fry the ingredients, stir-frying should be avoided. Can’t overheat it, otherwise, it will burn and make your dish taste very bitter.

What is the secret to a successful stir-fry?

• The recommendation is to use Wok.
• Avoid overloading the wok with ingredients.
• Use oils that have a high smoke point.
• Cook your vegetables and protein separately.
• Best to stir constantly, so everything can cook fast and evenly.

What is the best way to serve stir-fry?

You can never go wrong with a bed of rice under your stir-fry. Plain white rice, Brown rice, or any Chinese fried rice sides are a good choice.

Other good choices can be also Sesame noodles, Spring rolls, Steamed dumplings, or French Fries... Why not, right?

Tips and Tricks

• Cut up all your ingredients before heating the oil. So once the oil is ready and hot, you can stir-fry them quickly on high heat.
• Cook meat and veggies separately. So you’ll know everything is cooked completely.
• Add ingredients to the Wok based on the amount of time they need to be cooked. For example, if you use a big chunk of broccoli, spring onions, and carrots, add first broccoli, the carrots, and the spring onions.
• Stir constantly, so everything can cook fast and evenly.

More delicious Chinese Recipe Recommendations

• Chicken Teriyaki Salad

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