This was really simple and quick to make. I served it over a bed of rice and didn't add the full amounts of soy sauce and sugar. It was still sweet. I thought it was pretty good for how easy it is to make. I wouldn't say it's one of my favorites but it's definitely a keeper.
Quick easy and tasty. Great for a quick weeknight meal. I used fresh green beans and I suppose canned or even better yet frozen would work just as well. I will definitely make this again although I will reduce the amount of soya sauce by half.
My husband doesn't care for green beans but he loved this dish! Fabulous one-dish meal over rice. I added some black pepper to the meat before cooking. There was too much sauce at the end so I added 1 TBS corn starch & water to thicken it up.
My personal additions/substitutions: Ground turkey for ground beef; canned French cut green beans for whole; tamari sauce instead of soy sauce; honey for sugar. Also added carrots since I needed to get rid of them. Amounts were all used as measured (for 2 servings) though. All in all this tasted good - I think the sweetness of the carrots mixed with the honey might have added something and I also let the meat and veggies sear slightly in the pan to add a slightly smoky flavor. I ate it over ramen noodles with a dash of vinegar and that tasted good - I suspect it might be equally good over rice as others suggested.
Easy very easy and handy as a last-minute meal. My husband and 15 month old son loved it and ate tons I had no leftovers. I actually added a bit more soy sauce than called for since I use Aloha soy sauce and it's less salty. Served over japanese sticky rice it's a good quick meal.
I like to make this recipe with a can of stewed or diced tomatoes added at the last 5 minutes. Otherwise it's a little bland. With the tomatoes it's just like my mom used to make.
I served this over rice. it was pretty good. A bit sweet even though I cut the sugar in half! My kids liked so that alone makes this one a repeater. update I served the leftovers stuffed in sweet peppers topped with a bit of cheese. This was WONDERFUL. I think this may become my standard pepper stuffing.
We had this as kids growing up served over steamed rice only my Dad used slightly thawed mixed frozen veggies (peas carrots green beans and corn) and a dash of white pepper. Wow brings back memories...
I also grew up eating this dish. I never liked veggies but the sweetness of this made me like it. My son also loves it. I wouldn't change a thing about this recipe. It's just perfect!!
Okay so I only did 1# frozen green beans with 1/8c sugar & soy. I can see why kids would like it. It's sweet not crazy sweet; but probably enough to get them to have a few - unless they're my kids. I guess if your kids won't eat meat either they might this with the hamburger. For us... just okay. I probably won't make it again but ya never know.
