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 facet. Jumble all of it up and dig in!
About these Thai Candy Chilli Beef Bowls
I want I may inform you immediately’s recipe is an genuine Thai homecooked meal, lovingly ready day-after-day 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 may please choosy younger eaters in addition to those that think about 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 find it irresistible!
* I say “fairly” legit as a result of I’ve dialled up the pace issue through the use of candy chilli sauce as an alternative of recent chilli + garlic + sugar + thickener. It completely works!
Components
Right here’s what it’s essential to make this. NOTE: There’s a good few repeat elements!
The sauces
We’re making two sauces immediately – one for cooking and one for drizzling. Widespread elements, however they style completely different as a result of cooking the sauce modifications the flavour – it intensifies and caramelises. Alternatively, the drizzle sauce is brisker.
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Candy chilli sauce – Simply your common on a regular basis candy chilli sauce from common grocery shops. I exploit Trident which is a standard model right here in Australia. There isn’t any have to search out a legit Asian model (until you need to!). Regardless of the phrase “chilli” within the identify, it’s not spicy, it’s simply candy, although there’s refined chilli flavour in it.
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Fish sauce – Smelly within the bottle however fantastic when cooked, can’t style fishiness in any respect! You simply find yourself with tasty savoury saltiness – extra attention-grabbing than salt, soy and so on. 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 type in Vietnamese sauces!) b) simply use soy as an alternative.
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Darkish soy sauce – This stains the meat a beautiful wealthy color and provides tasty soy flavour in a manner you don’t get with common or mild soy sauce. However, in the event you don’t have darkish soy sauce, you need to use both of those (although the meat received’t be as darkish). There will probably 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 steadiness 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 relatively than vinegar as a result of it’s brisker. However in the event you don’t have lime or it’s extortionate (which it may be at occasions right here in Australia) and also you need to reserve it on your G&T (I get it), substitute with rice vinegar. It’s not a giant deal, I promise. 🙂
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Garlic – For the drizzle sauce. (We sauté garlic for the meat).
PS With a good few frequent elements, I assumed I may make one double-duty sauce. I did attempt, 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 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 may be very tasty with rooster, turkey and pork. Not satisfied lamb works – however I may 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 embrace these!
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Cashews – A very good sprinkle of chopped toasted cashews is such a tasty completion! Elevates this from “yum” to “I want seconds!”. Peanuts would work as properly, or almonds. For a no nut possibility, I’d most likely go for crispy fried shallots (purchase them).
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Coriander/cilantro – Pretty recent contact. I exploit 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 apart from this it’s the same 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 implies you possibly can actually use any vegetable you need.
It’s pictured all through this put up with cucumbers and pink onion tossed with coriander (maintaining 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 (prepare dinner instructions right here) or these new fangled low-cal-faux rice choices offered at grocery shops as of late, can be used.
make it
Don’t skip toasting the cashews. It actually goes a protracted technique 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 possibly can scent 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 have got 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, pace is our pal). The onion will prepare dinner by means of extra with the meat.
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Beef – Add the meat and prepare dinner it, breaking it up as you go, till you possibly can not see pink. Then add the sauce and maintain 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 should take about 2 – 3 minutes on a powerful range, or 3 – 4 minutes on a weaker range.
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Juicy and attractive! Right here’s what it appears like. The meat is a beautiful wealthy brown color however it’s nonetheless “juicy” due to the candy chilli sauce.
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Assemble bowls – Spoon the meat over steaming rice. Pile greens of alternative on the facet (uncooked or cooked, extra on this above), douse with the Drizzle sauce, sprinkle with coriander and cashews. Then it’s meal time!
Consuming etiquette
And eventually, an important 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 fulfilling each single chew will probably be.
Convey on the scrumptious mess!! – Nagi x
Thai candy chilli beef bowls FAQ
Not an excessive amount of truly! Made it as soon as, discovered it a bit bland and never sufficient flavour as soon as jumbled by means of the rice. So I added the drizzle sauce and that labored a deal with. It’s a fairly 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 proud of 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 complete of three occasions. 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 maintain making it to enhance or remedy “drawback areas”.
Sure you possibly can! There’s sufficient sauce add a carrot and zucchini, grated and cooked up with the meat.
I haven’t tried however assured it’s nice with rooster, turkey and pork. Undecided about lamb, it’s not a quite common protein utilized in Thai delicacies. I might be flawed – drop a word in the event you do that with lamb!
The recipe will certainly work however I’m not precisely certain in regards to the amount. The factor is, sliced meats have lots much less floor space than a gazillion little bits of crumbled mince meat so normally, you want much less sauce. However typically, you want extra, to get a pleasant glaze on the floor!
I totally intend to do a sliced rooster model of this recipe early in 2025, so be affected person! 🙂
You certain can! However I’m not precisely certain 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. Bear in mind the drizzle sauce provides further flavour too.
PS Use agency tofu as it should crumble up like mince. When executed 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 tender 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! (Recommend utilizing the Rooster Banh Mi for inspiration).
Watch how one can make it
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Thai Candy Chilli Beef Bowls
Prep: 13 minutes
Prepare dinner: 7 minutes
Complete: 20 minutes
Principal
Western
Servings4
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Components
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 prepare dinner beef. Add sauce, prepare dinner till decreased/caramelised, serve over rice with veg on facet. 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 chopping board then roughly chop as soon as cool.
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Prepare dinner beef – Warmth the oil in the identical pan over excessive warmth. Add the garlic and onion, prepare dinner for 1 minute. Add the meat and prepare dinner, breaking it up as you go, till you not see uncooked meat.
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Sauce it! Add the cooking sauce and prepare 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 facet of veg. Douse every thing with the sauce, high with cashews and coriander (recent chilli would not go astray both). To eat, jumble every thing up then dig in!
Recipe Notes:
2. Fish sauce – It’s smelly 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 so on. For those who actually must sub, use all-purpose soy or mild soy (NOT darkish soy, too intense).
3. Oyster sauce – Equally smelly (but in addition candy), however is a flavour shortcut. Don’t skip it. Sub vegetarian oyster sauce (sure, such a factor exists!).
4. Darkish soy sauce provides the meat an attractive deep brown color in addition to including tasty soy flavour. Substitute with all objective or mild soy sauce, although the meat received’t be as darkish. Whereas the flavour may even be rather less, it’s okay right here as a result of the drizzle sauce will reserve it!
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). Assume: poke bowl scenario!
6. Leftover beef will maintain for 3 to 4 days within the fridge, 3 months within the freezer. Nice meal prep in the event you use steamed veg as a result of every thing within the could be reheated (although I wouldn’t maintain cooked rice longer than 3 days in fridge). Greatest to maintain the drizzle sauce separate, in the event you can.
Diet per serving, assuming lean beef is used, 1 cup cooked rice, all of the drizzle sauce and pictured cucumber facet. 206 energy is from the rice, so change it out with decrease cal / decrease carb options if you wish to scale back the energy (eg cauliflower rice).
Diet Data:
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 evening!
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 evening 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” rooster poop.
As punishment for his greed, he’s reverting to a bland boiled-veg-chicken weight-reduction plan for the following few 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!
