Green Beans Stir Fry with Ground Turkey

There are times that I just love to go back to basic cooking. Green beans are one of the most popular Asian vegetables. They’re easy to cook and you can eat them raw. But green beans can also be easily overcooked. Here I’m showing you my tips on how to preserve their beautiful green color, the texture and the sweet taste. The green beans that you order in the restaurants are often deep-fried first before the second step – stir fry. But here is another way to cook a delicious green beans dish without the deep-fried process.

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Green Beans Stir Fry with Ground Turkey

Simple healthy green beans stir fry

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time15 minutes mins

Total Time30 minutes mins

Course: Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: Chinese Fusion

Keyword: green beans, stir fry, ground turkey,

Servings: 5

Calories: 239kcal

Cost: 10

Equipment

• A large skillet or wok

Ingredients

• 1 pound green beans or 450 Gram, washed and break into half
• 0.5 pound ground turkey 225 Gram, or ground chicken/pork as you desire
• 4 tbsp soy sauce or 60 Milliliters, for marinading the turkey
• 6 tbsp cooking oil or 88 Milliliters
• 0.5 teaspoon salt or to taste
• 0.5 teaspoon dry chili fakes optional
• 0.5 teaspoon garlic powder
• 3 tbsp green onion chopped
• 1 teaspoon ginger diced, but optional

Instructions

• Marinade the turkey first with soy sauce, garlic powder for at least 10 minutes.
• Set a steamer basket insert into a large saucepan and fill with water to a level just below the steamer. Bring to a boil. Add green beans, and steam about 2-3 minutes. Chill the green beans in the ice water to preserve the green color and texture. This is also a good way to stop the green beans to continue to cook more. Drain green beans once they're completely chilled.
• Heat 3 table spoon cooking oil in a wok or large skillet on medium heat, add half of the green onion and some fine diced ginger (optional) to the hot oil, then add the turkey to the skillet to season and saute the ground turkey over a medium heat. Add in the dry chili flakes if you like some spicy flavor. Saute the turkey for 4-5 minutes, and make sure to break them down into small pieces. Take the turkey out of the pot once they changed the color and start to harden.
• Use the same pot and change the heat to medium high or high. Add the rest of the cooking oil to the pot, then the green onion after the oil is hot. Add the drained green beans to the pot to stir fry for 3-5 minutes or to meet your desired tenderness. Add salt to the green beans. Stir constantly if you use high heat to prevent green beans from getting burned. Add back the ground turkey and saute everything for a couple of minutes. Taste the green beans before removing the skillet from the cooktop. The green beans should taste tender and sweet but they still should have the last bit of the crunchiness. The saltier ground turkey and the sweet green beans make a really nice combination.

Nutrition

Calories: 239kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 1066mg | Potassium: 366mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 673IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 2mg