Ground Beef and Broccoli Skillet

This easy ground beef and broccoli skillet is perfect when you need a quick weeknight dinner!

Ground Beef and Broccoli Skillet

This easy ground beef and broccoli is so much healthier than takeout! Don’t get me wrong, I love Chinese food. But when I’m trying to reach my health goals, preparing meals from scratch gives me more control over what goes into my food. Here we use lean ground beef, broccoli and onions simmered with soy sauce, honey, ginger and garlic. If you love beef and broccoli, you might also like this Broccoli Beef (made with flank steak). If you prefer chicken, try my Chicken Broccoli Skillet. For more grab-and-go meals you can make at home, check out my General Tso’s Chicken or Spicy Shrimp Fried Rice.

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It’s so much fun to take a classic takeout meal like beef and broccoli and make it tastier, healthier, and easier with just a few tweaks!

I prefer to make my own Asian takeaway because it gives me the opportunity to use much better ingredients. Using quality, fresh ingredients that are good for our health and the health of our planet makes such a big difference. So here I used humanely raised ground beef from a regenerative farm, organic vegetables, and locally sourced honey (instead of sugar).

My husband is a picky taste tester, and he loved this updated beef and broccoli so much he requested it the very next week!

how to serve

You can serve this over white rice, jasmine rice, brown rice, or cauliflower rice, and you can also add blanched asparagus, bell peppers, or zucchini for even more veggie goodness.

Enjoy and please let me know in the comments if you love this dish as much as I do!

What is beef broccoli sauce made of?

Most beef broccoli sauce recipes are heavy and greasy because they use a ton of oil and sugar, and they just don’t have the right balance of sweet and savory either. Here, however, we’ve loosened up and perfected the sauce by combining just a few ingredients:

• ½ cup low-sodium soy sauce or gluten-free tamari
• 1 tbsp honey (instead of sugar!)
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 (1-inch) piece of fresh ginger, peeled and grated
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• ½ tablespoon sesame oil (you don’t actually need a lot of oil!)

What Are the Benefits of Eating Beef and Broccoli?

Lean ground beef (preferably from welfare-raised animals) is a nutritious source of protein rich in various vitamins and minerals, particularly iron and zinc. And broccoli is an underrated superfood as it is a good source of fiber and protein and is high in iron, potassium, calcium, selenium and magnesium as well as vitamins A, C, E, K and many B vitamins including folic acid. This lighter ground beef and broccoli also contains a lot less sugar and oil than most recipes (we used honey instead of sugar and only 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil), making it a really great Chinese food recipe.

How do you blanch broccoli?

This recipe calls for blanched broccoli. Blanching is an easy way to cook vegetables quickly.

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the florets to the water and cook until light green and crispy-tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Immediately drain in a colander and place in an ice bath (a large bowl filled with ice water), which will stop the cooking process. Once the broccoli has cooled, drain again in the colander.

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