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Ground Beef Stir Fry with Celery

A savory beef dish that hits all the right notes and can be on your table in less than 30 minutes.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 247 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon peanut oil (or vegetable oil)
  • 1 cup minced onion from 1/4 onion
  • 1 carrot , peeled and sliced
  • 4 celery sticks , sliced
  • 1 lb (450 g) ground beef (or other ground meat) (*Footnote 1)
  • 2 tablespoons fermented black beans (or Sui Mi Ya Cai, or Doubanjiang, or bottled black bean sauce) (*Footnote 2)
  • 4 cloves garlic , minced
  • 1 teaspoon ginger , minced
  • 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine (or dry sherry)
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce (or soy sauce)
  • salt to taste

Instructions

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  1. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add the onion, carrot, and celery. Cook and stir until tender and lightly golden on the edges, 5 minutes or so.
  2. Move all the ingredients to one side of the pan and add the ground meat to the other side. Chop the meat into smaller chunks using your spatula. When the surface of the beef has mostly turned white, mix everything.
  3. Add the fermented black beans, garlic, and minced ginger. Mix everything again.
  4. Pour in the Shaoxing wine and light soy sauce. Cook and stir until the meat is cooked through. Carefully taste the meat and vegetables. Sprinkle with salt and stir to mix, if needed.
  5. Transfer everything to a large plate. Serve hot as a main with steamed rice or boiled noodles.

Notes

  • To make this dish gluten-free, use fermented black beans or Sui Mi Ya Cai instead of Doubanjiang. Use dry sherry instead of Shaoxing wine, and tamari or coconut aminos instead of soy sauce.
  • Ground chicken, ground turkey, and ground pork all work very well in this recipe.
  • These ingredients add a ton of umami into the dish and make it truly flavorful. Sui Mi Ya Cai is a special Sichuan pickle that is a key ingredient in Dan Dan Noodles. Doubanjiang is a spicy fermented bean paste used in Mapo tofu. If you don’t have any of these ingredients, replace them with 1 tablespoon soy sauce.

Nutrition Information

Serving 4g Calories 247kcal (12%) Carbohydrates 11.1g (4%) Protein 29.2g (58%) Fat 9.2g (14%) Saturated Fat 2.7g (14%) Cholesterol 81mg (27%) Sodium 845mg (35%) Potassium 604mg (17%) Fiber 1.9g (8%) Sugar 4.8g (10%) Calcium 30mg (3%) Iron 17.6mg (98%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 247

% Daily Value*

Serving 4g
Calories 247kcal 12%
Carbohydrates 11.1g 4%
Protein 29.2g 58%
Fat 9.2g 14%
Saturated Fat 2.7g 14%
Cholesterol 81mg 27%
Sodium 845mg 35%
Potassium 604mg 13%
Fiber 1.9g 8%
Sugar 4.8g 10%
Calcium 30mg 3%
Iron 17.6mg 98%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.