Firecracker Beef

Name: Firecracker Beef
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 1½ tbsp oil ((vegetable, canola, peanut)); 500 g / 1 lb beef mince / ground beef ((Note 1)); 2 g arlic cloves (, finely minced); 1 tsp chilli flakes / red pepper flakes ((adjust to your taste)); 3 tbsp water; 2 tbsp soy sauce (, light or all-purpose (Note 2)); 2 tbsp rice vinegar ((Note 3)); 4 tbsp sriracha sauce ((Note 4)); 4 tbsp brown sugar ((tightly packed)); Rice, (soba or vermicelli noodles); 1 g reen onion (, finely sliced); 1 tsp sesame seeds; Diced cucumber, julienned carrot, finely sliced red radish; Extra sriracha sauce (, if you dare!)

Recipe video above. This is a thrifty yet excellent dinner for all those times you need to scratch your Spicy Asian Food itch, fast! Seared beef mince gets tossed through a fiery Firecracker Sauce, tastes a bit like a spicy beef version of the much-loved Vietnamese Caramelised Pork Mince. Sweetness

⏱ 13 min 🔨 Prep 3min 🔥 Cook 10min 📊 Easy 🍽 4 servings ⭐ 5.0 (136) 👁 8

Instructions

Sauce: Mix Firecracker sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Cook beef: Heat oil in a large frypan over high heat. Add beef and cook, breaking it up as you go, until you can no longer see raw meat (2½ minutes). Add garlic and chilli flakes and cook for 1 minute.
Caramelise beef: Add Firecracker sauce ingredients, stir to coat the beef. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring only every minute or so initially, then more towards the end, until the sauce reduces and you can see the beef caramelising. Caramelise well for good flavour!
Water: Add the water and cook for 1 minute (the water makes the beef saucier!)
Serve over rice, sprinkled with sesame seeds, green onion and a squirt of extra sriracha if you're feeling brave! Add a pile of vegetables of choice on the side. Dive in!

Beef & Lamb top ratedbeef mince recipespicy beefasian

Nutrition per serving

Protein26g

Carbs13g

Fat18g

326kcal

26gProtein

13gCarbs

18gFat

💰 Cost Estimate

Total Ingredients
$1159.00

Per Serving
$290.00/serving

🏠 Savings
~$2318.00 vs buying!

📋 Price Breakdown (79% ingredients detected)

Ingredient	Amount	Subtotal
oil	1.5 tbsp	$6.00
/ 1 lb beef mince / ground beef	500 g	$990.00
arlic cloves	2 g	$3.00
chilli flakes / red pepper flakes	1 tsp	$4.00
water	3 tbsp	-
soy sauce	2 tbsp	$30.00
rice vinegar	2 tbsp	$12.00
sriracha sauce	4 tbsp	$101.00
brown sugar	4 tbsp	$8.00
Rice	-	-
reen onion	1 g	-
sesame seeds	1 tsp	$5.00
Diced cucumber	-	-
Extra sriracha sauce	-	-