Ingredients:

Beef

• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup tamari
• 2 teaspoons hot sesame oil
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red-pepper flakes, or more to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/4 teaspoon sesame seeds

Snap peas

• 1 T. olive oil
• 1 cup snap peas
• 1 cup brussel sprouts
• Salt, to taste

Brown rice

• 2 cups brown Rice, cooked

Instructions:

1. In a small bowl, whisk together brown sugar, tamari, hot sesame oil, red pepper flakes and ginger.
2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add ground beef and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the beef as it cooks; drain excess fat.
3. Stir in tamari mixture until well combined, allowing to simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes.
4. Heat olive oil in a small skillet, add Brussel sprouts and snap peas and sauté for about 5 minutes.
5. Place cooked brown rice in bottom of bowl.
6. Serve beef garnished with sesame seeds over brown rice and along side sautéed snap peas.