It doesn't taste as authentic. I would use half soy sauce and half fish sauce. This will give it more depth.

I liked this recipe. I did add some sweet yellow onions cut into straws. They added a nice flavor. I also boiled my green beans in beef broth using a bouillon cube; which added some earthiness. Thank you for this nice recipe.

This is one of the first recipes I added to my recipe box back in 2002, and I finally made it tonight! I added half a sliced onion, half a pound sliced mushrooms, 3 sliced carrots because I needed to use them all up. I also subbed frozen green beans and 1 1/4 pounds extra lean ground turkey. Because of my additions, I made 1 1/2 times the amount of sauce. We really liked it! Yes, it is kind of sweet, but I expected it to be and was pleasantly surprised by the sauce, which I thickened with corn starch. It isn't company fare and certainly not authentic Japanese food, but still nice. My boyfriend wanted it spicier so put Sriracha hot sauce on his. I'm sure I'll make this a lot in the future because it's healthy, easy and tastes good! It's a good recipe to add pretty much whatever extra vegetables you have to.

Good and easy, used 1/2 the sugar and got the same results, I also added sauteed onion (1 medium) to boost the flavor, greatttt taste!!!

My family loves this recipe! And on evenings when I am really in a hurry I substitute frozen or even canned green beans for a super fast dish! It's such a joy to find recipes all three of my children like...

this was okay. the sauce wasn't thick enough though. i think the other reviews offered some good ideas to add some other ingredients into the mix. i'm thinking it may taste better as 'leftovers' - tbd.

This was delicious! I boiled fresh green beans for 10 min before adding it to browned ground turkey. I still added the cup of water since I thought there would not be enough sauce to coat everything while in the pot. I ended up with more than enough sauce and drained more than half of it - I would save it if I could!

I love it, but it's a little too sweet and strong flavored for my husband and kids.

Good. I forgot to add sugar, and I used ground turkey instead of beef.

I skipped the sugar and instead added 1 cup chopped onions, 4 cloves of garlic and about 2 tsp of sesame oil. This recipe is super easy and you can add or subtract ingredients to taste.

I used frozen beans. It was way too sweet, so I tried to compensate with soy sauce and sherry which produced inedible results. If you try this, start with half the sugar and add more if needed.

This is fantastic and South Beach Diet friendly if you substitute Splenda (I use 1/8 c splenda blend), light soy sauce, and brown rice.

The kids liked it. They told me to rate it 4 stars because it was good, but they still aren't fond of green beans

I substituted diced chicken breasts for beef. I doubled the recipe but only used half the sugar. I added sliced red pepper, garlic, green onion and thickened with corn starch. Served with basmati rice. I will definately make this again. The family loved it.

It was tasty but fairly bland - I thickened the sauce, but would have liked more of it. It was definitely a great way to get everyone to eat a large portion of veggies!

Love this recipe. It is easy to fix and uses ingredients I usually have on hand.

This is a fine meal, although nothing special. I added 1 tsp each of minced garlic, oregano and basil and it was still rather bland. It may have been more flavorfull if I had served it by itself, but over mashed potatoes it really didn't taste like much. I did cut back the sugar to 1 heaping Tbsp and I didn't think it had any sweetness to it at all. It's a good way to get the veggies in though!