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Firecracker Beef
Recipe video above. This is a thrifty yet excellent dinner for all those times you need to scratch your Spicy Asian Food itch, fast! Seared beef mince gets tossed through a fiery Firecracker Sauce, tastes a bit like a spicy beef version of the much-loved Vietnamese Caramelised Pork Mince. Sweetness & spice level - Fairly spicy! See notes to reduce. Firecracker sauce is supposed to be a bit sweet to offset spice, also see notes.
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 13 min⏳ Prep: 3 min🔥 Cook: 10 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Sauce: Mix Firecracker sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
2
Cook beef: Heat oil in a large frypan over high heat. Add beef and cook, breaking it up as you go, until you can no longer see raw meat (2½ minutes). Add garlic and chilli flakes and cook for ⏱️ 1 minute.
3
Caramelise beef: Add Firecracker sauce ingredients, stir to coat the beef. Cook for 5 to ⏱️ 7 minutes, stirring only every minute or so initially, then more towards the end, until the sauce reduces and you can see the beef caramelising. Caramelise well for good flavour!
4
Water: Add the water and cook for ⏱️ 1 minute (the water makes the beef saucier!)
water3 tbsp
5
Serve over rice, sprinkled with sesame seeds, green onion and a squirt of extra sriracha if you're feeling brave! Add a pile of vegetables of choice on the side. Dive in!
rice vinegar (Note 3)2 tbspRice, (soba or vermicelli noodles)sesame seeds1 tsp
Nutrition Facts
calories
326 kcal
fat Content
18 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
0.3 g
sugar Content
12 g
sodium Content
934 mg
protein Content
26 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
81 mg
carbohydrate Content
13 g
saturated Fat Content
6 g
unsaturated Fat Content
11 g
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