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Thai Sweet Chilli Beef Bowls

Thai Sweet Chilli Beef Bowls

Enjoy delicious Thai Sweet Chilli Beef Bowls that combine ground beef, sweet chilli sauce, and fresh veggies.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Thai
Servings 4 bowls
Calories 585 kcal

Equipment

  • large non-stick pan
  • mixing bowls

Ingredients
  

Main Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup roasted cashews unsalted
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil or other plain cooking oil
  • 500 g beef mince ground beef
  • 1 small onion finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic finely minced
  • 3 tablespoon roughly chopped coriander/cilantro leaves sub green onion

Sweet chilli stir fry sauce

  • 2 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce I use Trident
  • 2 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoon rice vinegar sub cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce

Sweet chilli drizzle sauce

  • 1 clove garlic minced using garlic crusher
  • 3 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce
  • 2 tablespoon lime juice sub rice vinegar when limes are crazy expensive
  • 2 teaspoon fish sauce

Serving

  • 2 batches jasmine rice or other plain rice of choice
  • Steamed or fresh veg (chopped cucumber, coriander/cilantro, red onion finely sliced)

Instructions
 

Drizzle sauce preparation

  • Mix the ingredients for the drizzle sauce in a bowl, set aside.

Stir fry sauce preparation

  • Mix the ingredients for the stir fry sauce in a separate bowl, set aside.

Cashew toasting

  • Heat a large non-stick pan over medium high heat. Add the cashews and toast for 2 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board then roughly chop once cool.

Beef cooking

  • Heat the oil in the same pan over high heat. Add the garlic and onion, cook for 1 minute. Add the beef and cook, breaking it up as you go, until you no longer see raw meat.

Saucing the beef

  • Add the cooking sauce and cook well, stirring, until it mostly reduces down so the sauce caramelises on the beef, about 3 – 4 minutes.

Serving

  • Serve the beef over rice with a side of veg. Douse everything with the sauce, top with cashews and coriander.

Notes

Toasting cashews brings out the flavour. Fish sauce adds more flavour than other salty things. Don't skip oyster sauce as it's a flavor shortcut.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bowlCalories: 585kcalCarbohydrates: 62gProtein: 33gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 1617mgPotassium: 657mgFiber: 2gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 24IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 58mgIron: 4mg
Keyword beef, Bowl Meal, Chilli, quick dinner, Thai Sweet Chilli Beef Bowls
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