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Thai Sweet Chilli Beef Bowls

A bowl of sweet chilli beef over rice with vegetables, chopped nuts and lime, with sauce drizzled over the top.
Sweet chilli beef bowl topped with sauce, chopped nuts and lime.

Sweet chilli beef, jasmine rice, fresh vegetables and a bright lime drizzle come together in these quick, customizable bowls.

By Cookin' Kitchen

  • Total: 20 minutes
  • Servings: 4 servings

Recipe

Thai Sweet Chilli Beef Bowls

Sweet chilli beef, jasmine rice, fresh vegetables and a bright lime drizzle come together in these quick, customizable bowls.

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Prep
13 minutes
Cook
7 minutes
Total
20 minutes
Servings
4

Ingredients

4 servings

For 4 servings

Beef and toppings

Sweet chilli stir-fry sauce

Sweet chilli drizzle sauce

To serve

Instructions

Preparation

  1. Step 1: Mix the drizzle sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.

    Sweet chilli drizzle sauce being mixed in a bowl and a darker stir-fry sauce in another bowl.
  2. Step 2: Mix the stir-fry sauce ingredients in a separate bowl and set aside.

  3. Step 3: Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Add the cashews and toast for 2 minutes. Transfer them to a cutting board; once cool, roughly chop.

    Cashews toasting in a pan and then being roughly chopped on a board.
  4. Step 4: Heat the oil in the same pan over high heat. Add the garlic and onion and cook for 1 minute. Add the beef and cook, breaking it up as you go, until you no longer see raw meat.

    Onion and garlic cooking in a pan, followed by sauce being poured over minced beef.
  5. Step 5: Add the stir-fry sauce and cook, stirring, until it mostly reduces and caramelizes on the beef, about 3 to 4 minutes.

    Cooked minced beef coated in a dark sauce in a pan.

    Tip: Let the sauce reduce around the beef to build its caramelized flavor.

  6. Step 6: Serve the beef over rice with vegetables on the side. Spoon the drizzle sauce over everything, then top with cashews and coriander. Mix everything together to eat.

    Sweet chilli sauce being drizzled over a bowl of beef, rice and vegetables.

Notes

Use peanuts instead of cashews, or almonds as another alternative. Green onion can replace the coriander. Rice vinegar can replace the lime juice in the drizzle sauce, and cider vinegar can replace the rice vinegar in the stir-fry sauce.

Leftover beef keeps for 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator or 3 months in the freezer. Keep the drizzle sauce separate if possible. Cooked rice keeps for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.

Nutrition per serving

Calories
585 kcal
Fat
22 g
Saturated fat
7 g
Carbohydrates
62 g
Sugar
13 g
Fiber
2 g
Protein
33 g
Sodium
1,617 mg
Cholesterol
81 mg

Estimated values; they will vary with the exact ingredients and brands you use.

About this recipe

Sweet chilli beef, fluffy rice and fresh vegetables make a flexible bowl for a quick dinner. Two sauces do double duty: one caramelizes around the beef, and the other adds a fresh, tangy finish.

A bowl of rice topped with sweet chilli beef, fresh vegetables, chopped nuts and lime.
A finished beef bowl with rice and fresh toppings.
Ingredients for stir-fry and drizzle sauces arranged in bowls, including sweet chilli sauce, fish sauce, garlic, lime and soy sauce.
Sauce ingredients arranged for the two sauces.
Beef mince, onion, garlic, cashews and coriander arranged on a surface.
The beef, aromatics and toppings used for the bowls.

Serve with jasmine or another plain rice, and choose raw or cooked vegetables to suit. Mix everything together as you eat.

Cooked white rice in a saucepan.
Plain rice ready to serve with the beef.
Sliced cucumber on a cutting board beside a knife.
Sliced cucumber for serving with the bowls.

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