An easy weeknight dinner, this Crispy Asian Chilli Beef Mince is absolutely bursting with flavour. These simple beef mince stir fry bowls are a healthy dinner, that takes around 15 minutes to cook so you can have a tasty dinner on the table fast.
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Instructions
Mix together the beef, garlic, ginger, chilli flakes, soy sauce and kecap manis in a bowl. Cover and place in the fridge for ½ hour an hour.
Heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a wok or large frying pan over medium-high heat.
Add the beef mixture and fry, stirring regularly until it gets very brown and crispy. Once you hear it start crackling add the sesame oil and mix through.
Serve with greens and over steamed rice.
FOR THE EXTRA SAUCE
While this is meant to be a 'dry' stir fry with no excess sauce, you may like a little more so using the same pan, over medium heat, combine the sauce ingredients and bring to a bubble. Pour over the cooked beef at serving time.
I use a standard Australian 20ml tablespoon (equivalent to 4 teaspoons worldwide)
You can substitute strips of beef, turkey, pork or chicken mince if you prefer.
You can also use fresh chilli or chilli paste if you prefer
If you don't have or can't find kecap manis, you can substitute by simmering equal ratios of soy sauce and palm sugar (or brown sugar) until thick.
More sauce? Reader feedback from Kieran, suggested more sauce required. This is purposely a 'dry' stir fry to get the crisp texture but if you love a bit of sauce to drizzle over, try
I've now added an optional extra sauce to the recipe and it takes minutes - increase or decrease as much as you like, but remember that soy and kecap manis are naturally quite salty.
Kewpie mayonnaise - a Japanese mayo - works beautifully with the recipe, since the creaminess works well with the umami flavours. Serve up the mince, then drizzle kewpie all over the top.
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