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Struggling with Meal Planning this Week? Make this 25-minute Sticky Pineapple Beef Stir Fry

With summer ending way too soon and school and fall sports starting back up, we all could use an easy button to push and magically get a quick and tasty dinner on the table, right?

I have a brand-new e-cookbook and meal plan coming out Sept. 5, but in the meantime, here’s an incredibly flavorful, 25 minute recipe that’s a modified version of a Half Baked Harvest classic. You can use ground chicken or vegan ground meat instead of beef, and it’s a fully-balanced meal all on its own.

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Sticky Pineapple Beef Stir Fry

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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 6

Equipment

  • Large saute pan
  • Wooden spoon or spatula
  • Small mixing bowl

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pounds ground beef (or ground chicken or vegan ground meat)
  • salt, black pepper, red chili flakes
  • 2 tbsp vegan, nut-free butter substitute, such as Soy-Free Earth Balance (or soy-free oil if you can't source a vegan butter)
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • ¼ cup pickled ginger, drained and chopped (reserve the pickling juice from the pickled ginger), if you can source it, or 1 tbsp freshly-grated ginger
  • 1 ½ cups broccoli florets
  • 1 ½ cups fresh pineapple chunks
  • cup coconut aminos
  • 1 tbsp reserved pickling juice from pickled ginger
  • ¼ cup chopped scallions, white and green parts
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 2 cups seedless cucumbers, chopped
  • ½ cup Thai or regular basil, chopped
  • zest of one lime
  • 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 2 cups steamed basmati or jasmine rice, for serving

Instructions

  • Cook rice per package instructions.
  • Add ground meat to a large sauté pan.
  • Season with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes, and cook over medium heat, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon or spatula, until brown, about 5 minutes.
  • Add vegan butter substitute, garlic and ginger and cook another couple of minutes, until the beef gets a bit crispy.
  • Add the broccoli and ¾ cup of the pineapple.
  • Add coconut aminos and reserved pickling juice from pickled ginger and stir to combine. Cook for another 2-3 minutes.
  • Add green onions and sesame seeds, stir to combine and remove pan from heat.
  • In a small mixing bowl, combine the remaining pineapple with the cucumbers, basil, lime zest and lime juice. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
  • Spoon beef mixture over steamed rice, top with the cucumber pineapple salad and more green onions if desired, and serve.
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Liz Fetchin.

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