Serve your family fast, easy and delicious meal with all the Asian flavors you love when you make this beef with garlic sauce.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
Rich flavor. The combination of light and dark soy sauces with brown sugar makes this Asian dish stand apart from its competition.
Easy preparation. We didn't include a ton of vegetables and encourage you to use matchstick carrots to avoid chopping.
Fast to the table. Unlike many more complicated Asian dishes, this one is easy and fast because it uses ground beef.
Equipment Needed
- A deep frying pan or skillet. If you have a wok, even better.
- A mixing bowl.
How to Make Beef with Garlic Sauce
Pull together a fast and delicious meal of beef with garlic sauce using ingredients you may already have in your pantry. Cook the beef first and then add the remaining ingredients to slowly layer the flavors. Serve this meal over rice and your family will be grateful.
Ingredients for Beef with Garlic Sauce
90/10 Ground Beef. This will add less overall fat to the recipe and will not require draining.
Olive Oil. A healthy oil that works with high heat for sauteing vegetables and spices.
Light Soy Sauce. This sauce is lighter and color and also has a less intense flavor.
Dark Soy Sauce. This sauce adds a more rich color and a slightly more intense/different flavor.
Grated Fresh Ginger. If you can't find fresh ginger, purchase refrigerated minced ginger.
Minced Garlic. I highly recommend getting a garlic press to mince fresh garlic, but you can also use minced garlic from a jar.
Brown Sugar. Light or dark brown sugar will depth of flavor to your sauce.
Cornstarch. Provides a thickening agent for the sauce.
Mung Bean Sprouts. Crispy bean sprouts with a nutty flavor and a crunchy texture.
Matchstick Carrots. You can chop your own, but buying the matchstick shape makes it so much easier.
Spring Onions. Fresh chopped green onions will add so much flavor to your dish!
Step-By-Step Instructions
Brown ground beef in a pan.
Prepare the garlic sauce.
Add the vegetables
Finish off with green onions and seasonings. Serve over rice or noodles.
- In a deep frying pan or skillet add ground beef and olive oil. Fry until ground beef is browned.
- In a small bowl, mix together both soy sauces, ginger, garlic, and brown sugar. Whisk well.
- Mix in 2 tablespoons cornstarch. Whisk well.
- Turn meat to low heat. Add in the liquid mixture and stir well. It will start to thicken on the meat.
- Add in mung bean sprouts and cook for 3 minutes.
- Add in the onion part of the spring onions. Cook another one minute.
- Add in carrots. Remove from stove and cover. Wait three minutes before serving. This will soften the carrots.
- Serve over rice topped with the chive part of the spring onions.
Tips for Best Results
Use freshly minced garlic for the best flavor. Jarred minced garlic can be used but adds an edge of bitterness so make sure to drain it well and add slightly less than called for in the recipe.
Customize this dish! Add shitake mushrooms, bok choy, broccoli, or any vegetables you enjoy.
One of the best parts about this meal is how fast it is to cook because it uses ground beef! Keep it fast to cook by shredding the veggies or chopping everything very, very small.
FAQ
Is beef with garlic sauce gluten-free?
Soy sauce is rarely gluten-free, so if this is important to you be sure to check the labels and purchase one labeled GF. Anything labeled with monosodium glutamate probably has gluten unless it is specifically called out as gluten-free. If wheat (gluten) is an ingredient you will see that specifically called out on the label under allergens if you live in the U.S.
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Asian Beef with Garlic Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef 90/10
- 1 .tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ cup light soy sauce
- ¼ cup dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 small bag mung bean sprouts
- 1 cup matchstick carrots
- 1 bunch spring onions; green onions diced
Instructions
- n a deep frying pan or skillet add in ground beef and olive oil. Fry until ground beef is browned.
- In a small bowl, mix together both soy sauces, ginger, garlic, and brown sugar. Whisk well. Mix in 2 tablespoons cornstarch. Whisk well.
- Turn meat to low heat. Add in liquid mixture and stir well. It will start to thicken on the meat.
- Add in mung bean sprouts and cook for 3 minutes. Add in the onion part of the spring onions. Cook another one minute. Add in carrots. Remove from stove and cover. Wait three minutes before serving. This will softened the carrots.
- Serve over rice topped with the chive part of the spring onions.
Notes
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Tamara
I was just thinking how uncomplicated it is to use ground beef. None of that tender steak thing. Looks GREAT!