A pea and onion saute is very Italian. Just try this Easy Italian Ground Beef and Peas Recipe is perfect! For the right flavor, you need to use olive oil, good sea salt, and freshly ground pepper. Simplicity always requires excellent ingredients. The frozen green peas and onions are great on their own, and also work well with rice or potatoes, but with ground beef—it’s dinner.
I’m not going to tell you to mix three types of ground meat together to make it more “gourmet” or pretend that it’s restaurant food. It’s not. This is meant for a home-cooked Sunday night meal.
Ground Beef And Peas Ingredients and Substitutions:
Ground beef – You can use any ground meat you like, even ground lamb would be delicious, but for this dish, I’m using regular ground beef, not extra lean.
Frozen peas -The peas can be frozen or fresh, it doesn’t matter. There are probably always peas in the freezer.
Quinoa – for this recipe, I have some leftovers white quinoa. In the store you can find three types of quinoa, white, red and black quinoa. Each type differs from each other in taste and intensity of bitterness. White quinoa is the mildest in taste, red is more nutty and with a pronounced bitterness and the most intense in taste with a bright nutty taste is black quinoa. You can also like Healthy Pumpkin Pie Quinoa Recipe: A Sweet Breakfast Treat
Chicken stock – you can use vegetable broth, ready-made from a packet, or you can dissolve a bouillon cube in hot water, this will also work.
Corn starch – A little starch is needed to create a creamy texture. You can use cornstarch instead arrowroot powder or tapioca starch.
Extra virgin olive oil – Thanks to high-quality olive oil, the right taste of the dish with an Italian touch is created.
Sea salt and Mix pepper – Sea salt has a less salty taste, and a mixture of different peppers with coriander gives a special piquancy.
How To Cook Ground Beef and Peas:
1.Cook the beef with the salt in olive oil, add chopped onion and garlic powder, continue cooking until golden brown. Add the peas and cook for a minute or two to thaw the peas.
2.Mix 1/2 cup of the chicken stock with the corn starch. Pour the remaining 1/2 cup of stock into the beef and peas. Add the stock that has the corn starch.
3.Simmer for a few minutes until the sauce is thickened and the peas are cooked through.Add more salt to taste- the amount needed depends on if the stock was salted or not.
4.Serve over rice, quinoa, or leftover mashed potatoes.
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Easy Italian Ground Beef and Peas
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/2 tsp Sea salt
- 1/2 tsp ground mix pepper
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 cups frozen peas
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 corn starch
- 2 olive oil extra virgin
Instructions
- Cook the beef with the salt in olive oil, add chopped onion and garlic powder, continue cooking until golden brown. Add the peas and cook for a minute or two to thaw the peas.
- Mix 1/2 cup of the chicken stock with the corn starch. Pour the remaining 1/2 cup of stock into the beef and peas. Add the stock that has the corn starch.
- Simmer for a few minutes until the sauce is thickened and the peas are cooked through.Add more salt to taste- the amount needed depends on if the stock was salted or not.
- Serve over rice, quinoa, or leftover mashed potatoes.
Nutrition
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Can I Add More Vegetables?
Yes, of course, you can add not only frozen peas, you can add a frozen vegetable mix, or leftover fresh vegetables.
How to store Ground beef and Peas?
This dish keeps well in the refrigerator in a sealed container for up to 5 days. It can be frozen for up to 14 days.
