Ground beef Stir Fry

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated
  • 2 red jalapeño peppers, seeded and sliced
  • ½ red onion, sliced
  • ½ large zucchini
  • 3 carrots, peeled and grated
  • 1 small head broccoli, chopped
  • ½ red or orange bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • 6 sliced button mushrooms
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • dried sage, to taste
  • turmeric, to taste
  • sea salt, to taste
  • coarse ground black pepper, to taste
  • fresh thyme, to taste

Sauce Ingredients

  • ½ cup coconut aminos or gluten free soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon Sriracha
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • ½ teaspoon fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons tapioca starch, divided (for thickening)

Directions

  1. Melt coconut oil in a wok (or large sauté pan) over medium heat.
  2. Add ginger, garlic and jalapeño pepper to the wok. Stir to combine and cook for 5 minutes.
  3. When garlic becomes fragrant, turn heat on low then add coconut aminos. Be sure that the pan has cooled down a bit before to keep the coconut aminos from splattering everywhere.
  4. Once coconut aminos have been added, increase heat to medium-low and add honey, sriracha, sesame oil and fish sauce.
  5. Bring sauce to a slow boil, then add 1 tablespoon of tapioca starch, a bit at a time and whisking to incorporate into the sauce.
  6. Move sauce to a separate bowl and add ground beeef to the wok, breaking it appart until the beef is no longer pink.
  7. Season meat with a sprinkling of dried sage, turmeric, sea salt, black pepper and fresh thyme. Stir to mix all ingredients together well.
  8. Add red onions.
  9. Wait a minute and add carrots, and broccoli.
  10. Wait a minute or two and add the zucchini, mushrooms and sliced bell peppers.
  11. Since the meat will render some liquid, add the remaining tablespoon tapioca starch into the mixture, a bit at a time, whisking the powder in with the mixture.
  12. Add the sauce back into the pan and incorporate with the meat.
  13. Top stir fry off with chopped green onions.
  14. Optionally, this can be served as is or over rice, quinoa or cauliflower rice
  15. Enjoy! :)