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Five Spice Beef Skillet

  • Author: Alaena Haber
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 4 to 6 1x

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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon dried parsley
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 2 pounds grass fed ground beef
  • 2 cups thinly sliced fennel bulb
  • 1 cup roughly chopped red onion
  • 4 cups shredded butternut squash
  • 1/2 cup homemade beef or chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup dried currants
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • handful each of parsley and cilantro, chopped

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, mix together the parsley, sea salt, ginger, turmeric, and cinnamon.
  2. In a large skillet, cook the ground beef over medium heat, breaking up with a spoon into crumbled pieces. Once cooked through, stir in half of the seasoning mixture. Transfer seasoned beef to a bowl and set aside.
  3. Add fennel and red onion to the skillet and cook for 5 minutes until the fennel is crisp-tender. If ground beef did not render enough fat to cook the vegetables, add a tablespoon of your fat of choice.
  4. Add butternut squash, remaining seasoning, and broth to the skillet. Turn heat to medium low and cover with a lid. Steam cook the vegetables for 2 minutes until the squash is tender.
  5. Remove from the heat and stir in the ground beef, currants, lemon, herbs, and additional sea salt if desired.