Egg Roll in a bowl

My husband has always been a person who wanted his dinner to be a meat and two sides.  We have made healthy choices when doing this, but I don't always have time to fix meals like that.  With two girls dancing 4 days a week and a little boy playing baseball, I am on the go a lot.  So I have been looking for simple yet healthy recipes I thought my husband would also enjoy.  I went out of the box last night with our dinner and made "Egg Roll in a Bowl".  We both love Chinese food and egg rolls, so I figured this one was worth a try.  Because he is not so much a casserole person and those are super easy to prep and fix during the week, I was a little nervous.  But to my surprise he was actually excited to try it and he loved it!  I had to make sure he left me some to have leftovers for lunch this week!  He is also ready for me to try it with different variations.  So for those of you who want the recipe, it will be listed on the recipes tab of the blog!  This can be prepped and made very quickly with a few changes to what I did. 

Egg Roll in a Bowl

All the flavor of an egg roll without the fried wrapper!  So delicious!

 

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef or pork (could also use shredded chicken or shrimp)

1 large onion diced (I cheated and got one that was already cut up at Food Lion)

1 small head of cabbage (Can get angel hair cabbage already shredded)

3 carrots (or a bag of shredded carrots)

4-5 cloves of garlic, minced

1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

2 tablespoons sesame oil

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/4 cup soy sauce (I use low sodium)

 

Directions:

Cook and crumble ground meat with onions in a very large skillet until meat is cooked through.  Do not drain.  I suggest a skillet large enough to hold all of the cabbage - if you don't have a large one divide the meat mixture into two smaller ones and make two skillets

 

While the meat and onions are cooking cut the cabbage into thin shreds and set aside.  You can also buy angel hair cabbage that has already been shredded.

 

Peel carrots with a vegetable peeler then either dice small or use the peeler to shave off think slices; set aside.  You can also buy a bag of shredded carrots to avoid this step.

 

Combine garlic, ginger, pepper, sesame oil, olive oil, and soy sauce in a small bowl and stir to combine.

 

Add cabbage and carrots to ground meat (or chicken or shrimp) and stir over medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes.  Add soy sauce mixture then stir well.

 

Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking for 5-10 minutes or until cabbage is tender.

 

Makes approximately 4-6 servings.

Here are some pictures of the process and final product!