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Ground beef stir-fry with crunchy veggies and lemon soy sauce

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 25 minutes, around $2.50 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.

25mintotal
≈ $2.50a serving
589kcalper serving
43gof protein
In season in OctoberFreezes well
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  1. Prep the veggies

    Cut the broccoli into small florets, the carrot into thin rounds and the half onion into slices. Crush or mince the 2 garlic cloves.

  2. Start the rice

    Rinse the 150 g of basmati rice in the colander. Bring 300 ml of salted water to a boil in the saucepan, add the rice, cover and cook over low heat for 12 min.

  3. Let the rice rest

    Turn off the heat and leave the rice covered, without lifting the lid. It finishes plumping up in the steam while you make the stir-fry.

  4. Cook the veggies

    Heat the tablespoon of olive oil in the wok over high heat. Add the onion and carrot for 2 min, then the broccoli for 3 min, stirring: they should stay crunchy.

    Tip · Don't overfill the wok and keep the heat high, otherwise the veggies steam and go soft.

  5. Cook the ground beef

    Push the veggies to the side, add the 300 g of ground beef and cook it for 4 to 5 min, breaking it up, until there's no pink left at all. Add the garlic for the last 30 seconds.

    Tip · Break up the meat well with the wooden spoon right from the start so you get small, evenly cooked pieces with no pink left.

  6. Add the sauce

    Pour in the 2 tbsp of soy sauce and the juice of the lemon quarter. Toss for 1 min over high heat, add pepper and taste before salting: the soy sauce is already salty.

  7. Serve the stir-fry

    Fluff the rice with a fork and split it between two plates. Serve the stir-fry on top right away.

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 589 kcal. 46% comes from carbs, 29% from protein and 22% from fat.

67 gCarbs
43 gProtein
15 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy589 kcal
Protein43.3 g
Carbs67 g
of which sugars5.5 g
Fat14.6 g
of which saturated fat3.7 g
Fiber5.7 g
Salt2.6 g

Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.

How much does it cost?

About $2.50 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $5.00for 2 people
≈ $2.50a serving

Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.

How long does it keep?

2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. After that, into the freezer it goes.

2 daysin the fridge
Yesin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before

Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.

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