This fast dinner utilizing beef mince channels Thai chilli basil stir fry vibes (besides, no basil!) with poke bowl versatility (besides, no dear uncooked fish!). The candy chilli drizzle sauce ties all of it collectively, and offers you the flex to make use of any uncooked or cooked veg aspect. Jumble all of it up and dig in!
About these Thai Candy Chilli Beef Bowls
I want I might let you know right this moment’s recipe is an genuine Thai homecooked meal, lovingly ready on daily basis by hundreds of households throughout Thailand…..
However it’s not (not less than, to not my data). It’s simply one thing I made up, fast to make, versatile and an ideal all-rounder that can please choosy younger eaters in addition to those that take into account themselves connoisseurs of South East Asian meals. As a result of though it isn’t genuine, it’s made with staple Thai stir fry elements (oyster sauce, fish sauce, garlic, sugar) so the flavour is fairly* legit.
It’s actually tasty. I hope you like it!
* I say “fairly” legit as a result of I’ve dialled up the velocity issue through the use of candy chilli sauce as a substitute of recent chilli + garlic + sugar + thickener. It completely works!
Substances
Right here’s what you could make this. NOTE: There’s a good few repeat elements!
The sauces
We’re making two sauces right this moment – one for cooking and one for drizzling. Widespread elements, however they style completely different as a result of cooking the sauce adjustments the flavour – it intensifies and caramelises. However, the drizzle sauce is more energizing.
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Candy chilli sauce – Simply your common on a regular basis candy chilli sauce from common grocery shops. I take advantage of Trident which is a standard model right here in Australia. There isn’t a must search out a legit Asian model (except you wish to!). Regardless of the phrase “chilli” within the title, it’s not spicy, it’s simply candy, although there may be refined chilli flavour in it.
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Fish sauce – Smelly within the bottle however great when cooked, can’t style fishiness in any respect! You simply find yourself with tasty savoury saltiness – extra attention-grabbing than salt, soy and many others. We additionally use it within the drizzle sauce however not very a lot. If uncooked fish sauce scares you, a) I assume you don’t like Vietnamese meals (as a result of it’s abundantly utilized in uncooked kind in Vietnamese sauces!) b) simply use soy as a substitute.
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Darkish soy sauce – This stains the meat a stunning wealthy color and provides tasty soy flavour in a method you don’t get with common or gentle soy sauce. However, for those who don’t have darkish soy sauce, you need to use both of those (although the meat received’t be as darkish). There will likely be a contact much less flavour too however don’t be involved, the drizzle sauce will make up for it.
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Rice vinegar – To stability out the candy and savoury within the stir fry sauce. Substitute with cider vinegar.
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Lime juice – I selected to make use of this for the drizzle sauce quite than vinegar as a result of it’s more energizing. However for those who don’t have lime or it’s extortionate (which it may be at instances right here in Australia) and also you wish to put it aside to your G&T (I get it), substitute with rice vinegar. It’s not an enormous deal, I promise. 🙂
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Garlic – For the drizzle sauce. (We sauté garlic for the meat).
PS With a good few widespread elements, I believed I might make one double-duty sauce. I did strive, and it was okay, however it was higher making two separate ones with completely different ratios of every ingredient. So sorry, you want two separate bowls!
For the meat stir fry
All you want for the stir fry half is beef, garlic and onion. The cashews and coriander/cilantro are for sprinkling – and there’s loads of alternate options.
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Beef mince – Use any fats % you need. The fattier it’s, the stronger the meat flavour and the juicier the stir fry.
Different proteins – I haven’t tried however I’m assured this could be very tasty with hen, turkey and pork. Not satisfied lamb works – however I might simply be swayed.
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Garlic and onion – I problem you to discover a stir fry on my web site that doesn’t embody these!
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Cashews – sprinkle of chopped toasted cashews is such a tasty of completion! Elevates this from “yum” to “I would like seconds!”. Peanuts would work as properly, or almonds. For a no nut choice, I’d in all probability go for crispy fried shallots (purchase them).
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Coriander/cilantro – Pretty recent contact. I take advantage of a good quantity as a result of I like the flavour of coriander, it’s a Thai meals important! Substitute with inexperienced onion.
Rice and vegetable/salad sides
There’s no uncooked fish in sight, however other than this it’s an analogous idea to a poke bowl. It’s served over rice, it’s acquired a sauce, and it really works with uncooked or cooked greens. The candy chilli drizzle sauce basically acts as a salad dressing which suggests you may actually use any vegetable you need.
It’s pictured all through this submit with cucumbers and crimson onion tossed with coriander (protecting with the Thai vibes!), however assume – blanched broccoli florets, shredded carrot or cabbage, sliced radish, blanched asparagus, finely sliced kale, cherry tomatoes, edamame or peas.
As for the rice – I’ve used jasmine (on-theme for the Thai flavours) although any plain rice or noodles will work. Fake rice, likecauliflower rice, quinoa (cook dinner instructions right here) or these new fangled low-cal-faux rice choices bought at grocery shops lately, can be used.
How you can make it
Don’t skip toasting the cashews. It actually goes a protracted option to improve the nut flavour!
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Drizzle sauce – Combine the elements in a small bowl.
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Stir fry sauce – And blend these elements in a separate bowl.
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Toast cashews – Toss the cashews in a dry pan for a couple of minutes till you may odor them and there’s little golden spots on the cashews.
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Chop – Allow them to cool then roughly chop them so you may have some bigger items and a few “mud”.
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Sauté the onion and garlic for a minute till the onion is sort of translucent. (We’re on excessive warmth now, velocity is our good friend). The onion will cook dinner by way of extra with the meat.
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Beef – Add the meat and cook dinner it, breaking it up as you go, till you may not see crimson. Then add the sauce and hold cooking till the sauce largely reduces, the meat is scorching and it will get good color on it. Don’t skimp on this step because the caramelisation of the sauce on the meat is the place the flavour is! It’ll take about 2 – 3 minutes on a robust range, or 3 – 4 minutes on a weaker range.
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Juicy and attractive! Right here’s what it seems like. The meat is a stunning wealthy brown color however it’s nonetheless “juicy” because of the candy chilli sauce.
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Assemble bowls – Spoon the meat over steaming rice. Pile greens of selection on the aspect (uncooked or cooked, extra on this above), douse with the Drizzle sauce, sprinkle with coriander and cashews. Then it’s time for dinner!
Consuming etiquette
And eventually, a vital matter – the consuming etiquette. When it’s first positioned in entrance of you, take a second to admire it. So fairly and vibrant!
Then dive in and blend all of it up. Combine with vigour! If you’re not flicking cashew bits and rice on the desk, are you actually residing? Embrace the chaos, as a result of the higher it’s jumbled, the extra pleasurable each single chew will likely be.
Convey on the scrumptious mess!! – Nagi x
Thai candy chilli beef bowls FAQ
Not an excessive amount of really! Made it as soon as, discovered it a bit bland and never sufficient flavour as soon as jumbled by way of the rice. So I added the drizzle sauce and that labored a deal with. It’s a reasonably easy recipe in comparison with some!
This was one of many quickest recipes I’ve created in 2024! As famous above, I made it as soon as, thought it was tasty and I used to be pleased with it. I actually preferred the flexibility ie how one can add any greens, uncooked or recent, to finish the meal.
So then I made it once more to {photograph} it, and once more to movie it. So a grand whole of three instances. That’s the minimal for any recipe I share on my web site. It’s additionally a really low danger recipe so I didn’t really feel the necessity to hold making it to enhance or resolve “drawback areas”.
Sure you may! There may be sufficient sauce add a carrot and zucchini, grated and cooked up with the meat.
I haven’t tried however assured it’s nice with hen, turkey and pork. Unsure about lamb, it’s not a quite common protein utilized in Thai delicacies. I could possibly be mistaken – drop a observe for those who do that with lamb!
The recipe will certainly work however I’m not precisely positive concerning the amount. The factor is, sliced meats have rather a lot much less floor space than a gazillion little bits of crumbled mince meat so normally, you want much less sauce. However generally, you want extra, to get a pleasant glaze on the floor!
I totally intend to do a sliced hen model of this recipe early in 2025, so be affected person! 🙂
You positive can! However I’m not precisely positive how a lot tofu is the correct quantity for the sauce. You would wing it – simply add the sauce little by little, and be ready to combine up extra if wanted. Keep in mind the drizzle sauce provides further flavour too.
PS Use agency tofu as it is going to crumble up like mince. When achieved proper, it’s very tasty! Proof right here.
I might not hesitate to serve this over noodles, wrapped in rice paper (rice paper rolls), stuffed into lettuce wraps, roti (assume – Asian burritos!) and even in mushy white rolls or steamed Asian buns (bao buns!).
I’d even make banh-mi sort rolls – stuff the meat into crusty white rolls with shredded or finely sliced greens, Asian pickles, and use the drizzle sauce because the Banh Mi sauce. YES! (Counsel utilizing the Rooster Banh Mi for inspiration).
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Thai Candy Chilli Beef Bowls
Prep: 13 minutes
Cook dinner: 7 minutes
Whole: 20 minutes
Essential
Western
Servings4
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Substances
Candy chilli stir fry sauce:
Candy chilli drizzle sauce:
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Directions
Abbreviated recipe
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Combine every sauce. Toast cashews, sauté onion + garlic 1 min, then cook dinner beef. Add sauce, cook dinner till decreased/caramelised, serve over rice with veg on aspect. Spoon over drizzle sauce, high with cashews and coriander.
Full recipe:
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Drizzle sauce – Combine the elements in a bowl, put aside.
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Stir fry sauce – Combine the elements in a separate bowl, put aside.
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Toast cashews – Warmth a big non-stick pan over medium excessive warmth. Add the cashews and toast for two minutes. Switch to a slicing board then roughly chop as soon as cool.
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Cook dinner beef – Warmth the oil in the identical pan over excessive warmth. Add the garlic and onion, cook dinner for 1 minute. Add the meat and cook dinner, breaking it up as you go, till you not see uncooked meat.
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Sauce it! Add the cooking sauce and cook dinner properly, stirring, till it largely reduces down so the sauce caramelises on the meat, about 3 – 4 minutes. (Do not shortcut this step, it is the place the flavour is!)
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Serve the meat over rice with a aspect of veg. Douse the whole lot with the sauce, high with cashews and coriander (recent chilli would not go astray both). To eat, jumble the whole lot up then dig in!
Recipe Notes:
2. Fish sauce – It’s pungent within the bottle, however it cooks out so don’t be scared! It’s the key ingredient that provides extra flavour than different salty issues like salt, soy and many others. Should you actually must sub, use all-purpose soy or gentle soy (NOT darkish soy, too intense).
3. Oyster sauce – Equally pungent (but additionally candy), however is a flavour shortcut. Don’t skip it. Sub vegetarian oyster sauce (sure, such a factor exists!).
4. Darkish soy sauce offers the meat an attractive deep brown color in addition to including tasty soy flavour. Substitute with all objective or gentle soy sauce, although the meat received’t be as darkish. Whereas the flavour will even be rather less, it’s okay right here as a result of the drizzle sauce will put it aside!
5. Veg – The drizzle sauce will make any veg tasty, whether or not uncooked (like cucumber pictured, shredded cabbage, carrot, leafy greens, radish) or cooked (simply plain steamed or blanched, like broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, peas). Suppose: poke bowl state of affairs!
6. Leftover beef will hold for 3 to 4 days within the fridge, 3 months within the freezer. Nice meal prep for those who use steamed veg as a result of the whole lot within the could be reheated (although I wouldn’t hold cooked rice longer than 3 days in fridge). Greatest to maintain the drizzle sauce separate, for those who can.
Diet per serving, assuming lean beef is used, 1 cup cooked rice, all of the drizzle sauce and pictured cucumber aspect. 206 energy is from the rice, so change it out with decrease cal / decrease carb alternate options if you wish to scale back the energy (eg cauliflower rice).
Diet Info:
Energy: 585cal (29%)Carbohydrates: 62g (21%)Protein: 33g (66%)Fats: 22g (34%)Saturated Fats: 7g (44%)Polyunsaturated Fats: 2gMonounsaturated Fats: 11gTrans Fats: 1gLdl cholesterol: 81mg (27%)Sodium: 1617mg (70%)Potassium: 657mg (19%)Fiber: 2g (8%)Sugar: 13g (14%)Vitamin A: 24IUVitamin C: 6mg (7%)Calcium: 58mg (6%)Iron: 4mg (22%)
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It doesn’t must be Spag Bol each single night time!
Lifetime of Dozer
I ought to retitle this part “greed of Dozer” as a result of I needed to take him into the emergency vet hospital final night time after I caught him chowing down fertiliser (which could be poisonous to canine). 🙄 Fortunately, it wasn’t chemical fertiliser (which could be actually poisonous), “simply” hen poop.
As punishment for his greed, he’s reverting to a bland boiled-veg-chicken weight-reduction plan for the subsequent couple of minutes, as a precaution. And I’ve publicly shamed him on this house video:
And additional shaming within the household WhatsApp thread:
Will report again in just a few days however no alarming indicators at this stage. Thanks once more SASH (Dr Erin!), for treating him!
