Thai Sweet Chilli Beef Bowls

Original Recipe

Serves 6 to 8

Prep 20 minutes

Cook 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup roasted cashews, unsalted
• 1 tbsp canola oil, or other plain cooking oil
• 500g beef mince
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 3 tbsp roughly chopped coriander

Sweet Chilli Stir Fry Sauce

• 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
• 2 tbsp fish sauce)
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce

Sweet Chilli Drizzle Sauce

• 3 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 2 tsp fish sauce

Serving

• jasmine rice
• steamed or fresh veg

Instructions

1. Drizzle sauce - Mix the ingredients in a bowl, set aside.

2. Stir fry sauce - Mix the ingredients in a separate bowl, set aside.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Add the cooking sauce and cook well, stirring, until it mostly reduces down so the sauce caramelises on the beef, about 3 - 4 minutes. (Don't shortcut this step, it's where the flavour is!)

6. Serve the beef over rice with a side of veg. Douse everything with the sauce, top with cashews and coriander (fresh chilli wouldn't go astray either). To eat, jumble everything up then dig in!