This easy low carb ground beef and broccoli recipe is not only delicious but you can make it in 15 minutes! Just add some cauliflower rice and you have a great low carb meal. Only 5.1g net carbs per serving. This post is sponsored by the Certified Angus Beef ® brand in conjunction with a social media campaign through Sunday Supper LLC. All opinions are my own.
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The other day I wanted to make an old Paleo beef and broccoli stir fry recipe but with ground beef. I thought I’d update that post but realized it wasn’t quite low carb. So as I was tweaking the recipe I also realized it was too different to just update.
That’s how this low carb ground beef and broccoli recipe came about. It only took 15 minutes to make, was low carb and my family loved it! This easy low carb dinner is going to be part of our regular rotation!
WHAT KIND OF GROUND BEEF TO USE
I think when beef is the star of the dish, you should use a high quality beef like Certified Angus Beef®. I buy mine at t Giant Eagle when they have it on sale.
Today I chose the 85% ground beef because I wanted it to have some fat for flavor but did not want much excess grease. If you have a preference for a fattier meat, just drain some of the grease out and if you want to use a leaner beef, you may need to add a bit more oil.
Ground beef & broccoli ingredients
I’ve been using Lakanto golden a lot lately as a replacement for brown sugar, so I always have it on hand. Some other low carb ingredients I can recommend having in your pantry are Better than Bouillon chicken and beef bases, jars of minced ginger and pine nuts. They taste great on so many things!
I also used soy sauce which most people have and cauliflower rice. I make my own cauliflower rice but you can buy it just about everywhere now.
Low carb Stir fry sauce
The stir fry sauce is very simple but tasty. Add hot water to the Better than Bouillon (beef flavored) and whisk until dissolved. Mix in the ginger, garlic and Lakanto golden and that’s it.
If you don’t have Lakanto golden, use some other brown sugar sweetener, or just plain sweetener. If you don’t care about being low carb use brown sugar.
Low carb ground beef and broccoli recipe
Here is how you get this done in 15 minutes.
- Add oil to a large skillet and heat up. Add the ground beef, salt and pepper and brown.
- Meanwhile microwave the broccoli florets for about 4 minutes.
- While the meat and broccoli are cooking mix the bouillon, water, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and Lakanto golden sweetener to make the sauce.
- When the meat just starts to brown, add in the cooked broccoli and sauce. Simmer for 5 minutes until the meat is cooked through.
- While that is simmering make your cauliflower rice. Add florets to a food processor and pulse until it looks like rice.
- Microwave for about 5 minutes. By the time the stir fry is done you are good to go!
Eat over rice or cauliflower rice
I made cauliflower rice for this dish to keep it low carb. My hubby and son ate this over regular white rice. If you are making white rice this dish may take longer but if you are using cauliflower rice you can still get this dinner on the table in 15 minutes.
To make cauliflower rice, I just add a few florets to a food processor and pulse until it looks like rice. Then I microwave it for about 5 minutes and it’s good to go.
As you might have noticed I have added pine nuts to this recipe. It is not necessary I just love them. You can substitute slivered almonds or toasted walnuts or just leave them out all together.
And while ground beef and broccoli is great over rice it is also delicious as is. I could eat a bowl of this for dinner, especially with the pine nuts! The nutritional information for 1 serving without pine nuts is:
398 cals / 24.1g fat / 8.2g carbs / 3.1g fiber / 35.8g protein = 5.1g net carbs
Easy Low Carb Ground Beef & Broccoli Recipe
This easy low carb ground beef and broccoli recipe is not only delicious but you can make it in 15 minutes! Just add some cauliflower rice and you have a great low carb meal. Only 5.1g net carbs per serving.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tablespoon ginger, fresh grated
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 3 tablespoon Lakanto golden
- 1 teaspoon Beef Better than Bouillon
- 1 cup hot water
- 3 cups broccoli florets
Instructions
- Add oil to a large skillet and heat up. Add the ground beef, salt and pepper and brown.
- Meanwhile microwave the broccoli florets for about 4 minutes.
- While the meat and broccoli are cooking mix the bouillon, soy sauce, water, ginger, garlic and Lakanto golden sweetener to make the sauce.
- Add the sauce to the browned meat along with the broccoli and simmer until the cauliflower is done.
- While that is simmering make your cauliflower rice. Add florets to a food processor and pulse until it looks like rice.Microwave for about 5 minutes.
- By the time the stir fry is done and your are good to go!
Notes
The nutritional information for 1 serving is:
398 cals / 24.1g fat / 8.2g carbs / 3.1g fiber / 35.8g protein = 5.1g net carbs
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1 ServingAmount Per Serving: Calories: 398
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Darbi
Can I use a trivia mix instead of Lakanto Golden?
Denise
Hi Darbi, yes you can use any kind of sweetener. If you have a brown sugar tasty sweetener that would be best because it gives it a bit more flavor but if you don’t it should still work. Good luck and I hope you like it!
Juli
Can I use Amino Acids instead of Soy sauce?
Denise
Hi Juli,
Yes you can however you might want to use less sweetener depending on the aminos you are using. For instance coconut aminos seems to have a lot of sweetness to me so I use less sweetener if you using that. Just taste it and you can adjust accordingly. Good luck!
Juli
Thanks for such a quick reply Denise!!
This turned out so delicious! I didn’t have enough amino acids, so I added some worcestershire sauce, I know, weird right??!! But it worked. I also added white onions to the ground beef saute. I also reduced the ginger, as it can quickly over power any dish, and I had to use beef broth instead of bouillon. Everyone thought it tasted great. Doing this again.
Denise
Hi Juli,
So glad you liked it! Thanks for coming back and sharing your tips!
Joy L.
1/2 cup of soy sauce is just too much! Too salty and the soy sauce overwhelms the whole dish. And that’s with using 2 pounds of beef and double the broccoli. Otherwise, I like the recipe. 1/4 cup is more than enough.
Denise
Hi Joy, thanks for coming back to share you tips. It does make a lot of sauce so I can see where you might want to use less.
Kate
When does the soy sauce go into the recipe? With the bouillon etc?
Denise
Hi Kate, thanks for bringing that to my attention. Yes you add it with the bouillon. I have fixed the recipe card. Hope you like it!
Marisa F. Stewart
Fantastic weeknight meal even if you aren’t worried about your carbs. Stir fries are one of our favorite dishes. Lots of veggies and meat that are loaded with flavor. I love the idea of using cauliflower rice.
Veena Azmanov
I cant wait to try this amazing and healthy and delicious recipe. I love your presentation.
Sara Welch
I know what I will be having for dinner tonight! This looks amazing and love how quickly it comes together! Delish!
Carissa Shaw
Thank you for this great recipe! My husband eats keto and I’m always trying to figure out what to cook for him.
Terri
I love that this recipe is low carb – perfect back to school (and healthy eating reality after vacation for me) meal! 🙂
Andrea Metlika
Beef and broccoli is a favorite of ours. Can’t wait to try this with the ground beef.
Lauren Vavala | Delicious Little Bites
Why the heck I have I never thought to use ground beef – I bet it holds the saucy so much better – can’t wait to try this (I do low carb!)
Gloria | Homemade & Yummy
It’s great to have some quick and easy meals for busy weeknights. So much better than takeout. Leftovers are great for lunch the next day too.