Monday 6 October 2014

Asian mince on rice

Ingredients:

  • 500g pork or beef mince
  • 1T Thai sweet chilli sauce
  • 1T sesame oil
  • 1T grated fresh ginger
  • 1T soy sauce
  • 1t fish sauce
  • 2t brown sugar 
  • 2T oyster sauce
  • 2 spring onions, diced
  • 2 carrots, peeled and grated
  • 2 zucchinis, grated; or a head of spinach or silverbeet, prepared like this
  • 2T chopped coriander, mint, basil (or mixture) 
  • 1/4c cashews, roasted
Method:

1. Mix mince with sweet chilli sauce, sesame oil, ginger, soy sauce, fish sauce and sugar. Leave for at least five minutes, or all day in the fridge.

2. Heat a wok and fry mince mixture over high heat until cooked through.

3. Reduce heat and mix in oyster sauce, carrots, silverbeet/spinach/zucchinis, spring onions, herbs and cashews.

4. Cook for another couple of minutes.

Serve on plain Basmati rice.

Serves four to six.


Tips:
  • Try using other vegetables e.g. diced onion, sliced mushrooms, small florets of broccoli &/or cauliflower, sliced capsicum, grated cucumber.
  • The first time I made this I didn't have oyster sauce so just added an extra 2T of soy sauce.