Ground Beef Teriyaki Rice Bowls

      Want a quick one pan meal made in under 30 minutes?  Try my recipe for Ground Beef Teriyaki Rice Bowls.  I keep a bottle of "PF Changs Home Menu Teriyaki Sauce" in my pantry for quick meals like this...you can also make minute rice which also saves on time. Feel free to use any rice and any teriyaki sauce you prefer (a homemade recipe provided below.)  
Enjoy! Diane 

Ground Beef Teriyaki Rice Bowls 

Ingredients: 
1 pound ground beef
1 small can water chestnuts 
1 red bell pepper, sliced thin
2 small carrots, sliced into thin matchsticks
1 small onion, diced 
2 cloves garlic, minced  
1/2 Bottle PF Changs Home Menu (thick) Teriyaki Sauce **
3 cups cooked rice, for serving 
salt & pepper to taste 
hot chili oil or red pepper flakes to taste, if preferred 
1 Tablespoon ghee or butter, for sautéing vegetables

Yield: 3 Adult portions
recipe can be doubled 

Directions: 

• Wash and slice onion, bell pepper and carrots.
• Place ghee or butter in a large pot along with your sliced vegetables and add in the drained water chestnuts.
• Lightly salt and pepper your vegetable mixture. 
• Sauté the vegetables over medium heat, approx. 7 minutes to ensure the carrots are cooked through, adding in the garlic and 1/4 cup of the teriyaki sauce the last 2 minutes of your cook time.
• Once the carrots are cooked through, place the vegetable mixture into a bowl and set aside.
• Return the pot to stove top and add in ground beef for browning.
• Drain any fat from the beef and return to heat; cook ground beef thoroughly. 
• Lightly salt and pepper your meat mixture before adding vegetables back in. 
• Once vegetables are added back in, add in the remainder of your teriyaki sauce.
• Stir well and serve over cooked rice (I do add butter and salt to my cooked rice)

**You can use any thick teriyaki sauce you prefer; some people make their own homemade sauce.  You need a good cup of sauce for this recipe.  

Homemade Easy Teriyaki Sauce 
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Basic Easy Teriyaki Sauce

• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 4-5 tablespoons honey, to taste

Flavor Add Ins

• 2-4 tablespoons rice vinegar, to taste
• 4 tablespoons crushed pineapple
• 2 tablespoons pineapple juice
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon grated ginger
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon green onions

Instructions

• In a small pot whisk soy sauce, water, cornstarch and honey together until smooth. Add any of the optional additional ingredients you are using (vinegar, garlic, ginger, etc.)
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and whisk constantly until desired thickness is reached, about 8-10 minutes. Do not leave unattended it thickens quickly once it gets boiling and will rapidly burn. It will continue to thicken as it cools so remove it before it looks to the consistency you are after.
• Taste and adjust as desired. If too thick, thin with additional water to desired consistency.