Super-fast Stir Fries
I do a lot of stir fries for my busy family, and one of the nicest things about them is that if you’ve done the once a week meal prep, they can be on the table in about 10 minutes…no joke! By the time the kiddos have the plates and forks out, the dinner is ready. I usually serve these with whole grain rolls or bread when we’re in a big hurry. If there’s more time, the rolls might get heated!
Here’s the version we had last night. All the veggies had been pre-chopped, and the hamburger had been pre-cooked with onions, so it was a snap to put together. If that prep hadn’t already been done, it would still have ended up being a thirty minute meal!
Stir Fry: Hamburger, carrots, peppers, and beet greens
4 carrots, cut in diagonal slices
2 peppers, chopped (I used one red and one yellow)
Olive oil
1/2 lb ground beef, pre-cooked with a chopped 1/2 onion
10 oz bag of beet greens
Get the oil in the wok up to medium high temperature and add the carrots and peppers. You want them to soften but not brown, so turn the temp down if the oil is spitting. Stir fry for about 3 - 5 minutes, until they’re as soft as you like. Add the precooked meat and onions. Mix together and heat through. Add the beet greens and stir until just wilted. Serve immediately. Feeds 4 really nicely with rolls or bread.
Note, if you haven’t pre-cooked the meat and onions, do them first in the wok while you’re chopping up the vegetables that you probably also didn’t do ahead ;-)
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7 opinions for Super-fast Stir Fries
Jean Yates
Apr 10, 2008 at 9:08 am
Oh how colorful and temptin’! I am loving these yummy sounding recipes. As a cook for my family for almost my whole life, I have learned to be able to read a recipe and pretty much “know” how it will taste! Cyndi, you are super great and choosing delicious, well balanced and fun meals! Thanks! Jean
Cyndi Lavin
Apr 10, 2008 at 9:09 am
Thank you, Jean! I am definitely a person who “eats with my eyes” too, as my mother would say :-)
Kay
Apr 10, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I’m an almost-retired-but-really-really-busy-small-business-owner, and I think this recipe is going to work for me! I begrudge any time spent in the kitchen, and I don’t mind at all eating the same thing for dinner a few days in a row.
Cyndi Lavin
Apr 10, 2008 at 1:12 pm
You know what, Kay? We got through a sports season with both the kids on different schedules with stir fries almost every night, and very few repetitions! Fill the cart with lots of great vegetables, and a little bit of meat (if you want it), and you’re good to go with different spices and sauces and stuff :-)
Cherie
Apr 10, 2008 at 3:21 pm
What a great suggestion! I’m always trying to figure out different ways to serve hamburger and this would be a very nice change of pace for my family.
Cyndi Lavin
Apr 10, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I swear that hamburger is one of the most universally *useful* foods there is when you’ve got kids ;-) It takes such a tiny little bit to “season” an entire meal.
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