Recipe Index

Ingredients

• 1½ tbsp oil
• 1 lb beef mince / ground beef
• 2 garlic cloves (, finely minced)
• 1 tsp chilli flakes / red pepper flakes
• 3 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp soy sauce )
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 4 tbsp sriracha sauce
• 4 tbsp brown sugar
• Rice, (soba or vermicelli noodles)
• 1 green onion (, finely sliced)
• 1 tsp sesame seeds
• Diced cucumber, julienned carrot, finely sliced red radish
• Extra sriracha sauce (, if you dare!)

Method

1. Stir the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sriracha and brown sugar together in a small bowl and set the firecracker sauce aside.
2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat, add the beef mince and cook it for about 2 1/2 minutes, breaking it up as you go, until no raw meat remains visible.
3. Add the minced garlic and the chilli flakes and cook for 1 minute more, until the garlic perfumes the beef.
4. Pour the firecracker sauce over the beef, stir it through to coat and cook for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring only every minute or so at first and more often towards the end, until the sauce reduces and the beef starts caramelising in the pan.
5. Add the 3 tablespoons of water and cook for 1 final minute, which loosens the beef back into a saucy finish.
6. Serve the firecracker beef over rice — or soba or vermicelli noodles — sprinkled with sesame seeds and sliced green onion, with the diced cucumber, julienned carrot and sliced radish piled alongside and extra sriracha for anyone who wants more heat.

Prep: 3 min · Cook: 10 min

Nutrition (per serving, where published)

Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data