Healthy Ground Beef and Cabbage Recipe
This is a great dinner recipe if you find that you’re having a hard time getting your family to eat cabbage. Cabbage is one of those vegetables that can make the kitchen smell kinda funny and not in a good way.
This Ground Beef and Cabbage Stir-Fry recipe is a great way to get those kids to eat more cabbage! And they won’t even notice that the kitchen smells a little funny. And it’s simple … did we mention it was simple? And CABBAGE LICIOUS …
Stay Healthy. Eat Cruciferous!
Cabbage is a cruciferous vegetable and eating more cruciferous vegetables can help to keep us healthy.
Healthy Ground Beef and Cabbage
Get Your Family to Eat More Cabbage with this Delicious Recipe of Ground Beef and Cabbage
- 1 lb. lean ground beef
- 1 small head cabbage, sliced and chopped
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 3-1/2 tablespoons tomato paste, divided
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- salt & pepper
- Using a large skillet, brown ground beef, onions and garlic in oil until beef is cooked through. Always season beef with salt and pepper while browning.
- Stir 3 tablespoons of tomato paste into the beef.
- Add cabbage to the skillet and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Let cook for about 2 minutes, stirring often. (You can add a little more sesame oil at this point.)
- Add water, rice wine vinegar and soy sauce; stir through beef and cabbage until well coated. Bring to a light boil; reduce heat and cover. Simmer for about 5 minutes then remove the lid and cook for about 5 more minutes or until the cabbage is tender to your liking.
- Right before it is done cooking, stir in the additional tomato paste.
- If you like your cabbage cooked a little bit longer, cook it for about 15 minutes total.
If you love healthy cabbage like we do, try our Cabbage Roll Soup!
