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In September of 2022, I put out a “Capsule Meal Plan” in which I made multiple recipes from a “capsule” of about 20 ingredients. The idea was to save time and money by simplifying what we needed to keep on hand, but still have a variety of meals. I challenged myself to create breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, and even dessert recipes using just those 20ish ingredients and a few pantry seasoning staples. I compiled this information into an ebook you can purchase here. You can also watch the corresponding video I filmed about this capsule meal plan over on my YouTube channel.
Several months later, I revisited this particular capsule meal plan and challenged myself to come up with a few more recipes that could be made with only those ingredients as options.
This SUPER EASY Spicy Beef and Green Bean skillet meal was one of the results, and I could not have been more pleased! It checks a lot of boxes for me: easy, quick, one-pan, few ingredients, tasty, and even versatile (because you can serve it with lots of different starches like rice, noodles, or even cauliflower rice).
Easy Spicy Beef & Green Beans
A super easy and tasty meal that comes together quickly with just a handful of ingredients!
Ingredients
1 lb 1 ground beef
1 bag 1 frozen green beans (steam in bag)
1/2 cup 1/2 soy sauce
1/4 cup 1/4 brown sugar
1 tbsp 1 chili garlic sauce
1/4 cup 1/4 water
4 cups 4 cooked rice
(optional) (optional) Everything Bagel seasoning
(optional) (optional) green onions, chopped
Directions
- In a large skillet, cook ground beef until completely done.
- Steam green beans according to the package directions and add to skillet with cooked beef.
- Stir in brown sugar, soy sauce, water, and chili garlic sauce.
- Simmer ingredients over medium-low heat until sauce starts to thicken, stirring occasionally.
- Garnish with chopped green onions and Everything Bagel seasoning. Serve over cooked rice (or ramen noodles).
Notes
- Recipe featured in this YouTube video on See Mindy Mom: https://youtu.be/MdxJFVPV76M
