Chinese Beef with Bok Choy
🌟Main ingredient:Ground beef
✨secondary ingredients: bok-choy and bay-leaves
⏱️Cooking time: 30 minutes
🌶️Spice level: Not spicy
👨👩👦👦Number of diners: 2-4 Dinners
Ingredients
1/2
pound
ground
beef
2
heads
of
bok
choy,
chopped
2
bay
leaves
1/2
block
of
tofu,
diced
2
cups
cooked
rice
or
noodles
2
tablespoons
soy
sauce
1
tablespoon
sesame
oil
1
tablespoon
vegetable
oil
2
cloves
garlic,
minced
1/2
inch
ginger,
minced
1/4
cup
chicken
broth
Salt
and
pepper
to
taste
Cooking steps
Heat vegetable oil in a wok or large skillet over medium heat.
Add minced garlic and ginger, and sauté for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
Add ground beef to the skillet and cook until browned and fully cooked, breaking it up into small pieces with a wooden spoon.
Add bok choy and bay leaves to the skillet and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes until bok choy is slightly wilted.
Push the beef and bok choy to one side of the skillet, and add diced tofu to the other side.
Drizzle soy sauce and sesame oil over the tofu and cook for 1-2 minutes until tofu is heated through.
Combine everything in the skillet and pour in chicken broth. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Cook for an additional 2-3 minutes until the flavors are well combined and the dish is heated through.
Serve the beef mixture over cooked rice or noodles as a main dish.
Enjoy!
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