How is this possible, you ask? Well for me, it starts with a good stir-fry sauce. Now of course, the majority of stir-fry sauces on the market (or in restaurants) today are made with many ingredients that those following the autoimmune protocol diet (or even just strict paleo) should avoid, such as soy, gluten, sugar, red pepper flakes, sesame oil, etc., so I decided to take matters into my own hands and create my own quick stir-fry sauce that can easily be mixed in with a variety of veggies and meats to make a beautiful AIP-friendly stir-fry dish.
This sauce features bold flavor combinations traditionally found in Asian cooking like garlic, ginger and onion (from the chives). I also added some depth by using beef broth, acidity with the lime and coconut aminos (aka one of my favorite ingredients to cook with ever) as a direct AIP substitute for soy sauce (if you haven’t tried it, you should! It’s a perfect substitute for soy sauce, which is a no-no on the autoimmune protocol diet).
I hope you find this stir-fry dish as satisfying and easy (it’s almost as simple as ordering take-out!) as I do.
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos
- Juice of 1 lime (about 2 tbsp)
- 1/4 cup all-natural/organic beef bone broth
- 1 tbsp dried cilantro (I'd recommend using dried in the sauce)
- 1 tbsp chives, chopped
- 1 inch piece of ginger, peeled and minced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1.5 lbs frozen mixed veggies (I use an organic California blend with carrots, cauliflower and broccoli)
- 1 can bamboo shoots
- 1 can water chestnuts
- Any other veggies you want!
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Mince ginger and garlic
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Mix all sauce ingredients together; set aside
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Steam/cook any frozen veggies by adding about 1/4 cup water to a pan pouring veggies in and putting lid on pan - this will help "steam" the veggies
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While veggies are cooking, brown your beef
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Once frozen veggies are done cooking, add in bamboo shoots and water chestnuts
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Combine cooked ground beef with veggie mixture
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Pour sauce over top beef and veggie mixture; cover and let simmer together for about 5 mins
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Enjoy!
For me, I find that the sauce alone adds enough flavor. However, if you feel like it needs more "oomph" after pouring the sauce on top of veggies/meat mixture, add about 1 tsp each (or a combo) of: garlic powder, onion powder, ground ginger and a pinch of salt.
I love the sauce using coconut aminos vs. soy. When I seen this at the grocery store recently, I thought I would use it in my current stir fry sauce recipe. Thank you for sharing a recipe using it in action already! 🙂
Thanks for these! I’m trying to get more veeiggs into my family, so these will help me mix it up and trick them into eating better bwah hah ha. 😉 I just tried the orange stir fry (although I didn’t have enough OJ and so had to fill it in with lemon) really good! I added a bot of srirachi to mine (just because I like spice) and served it over noodles really good!