Spicy Fire Cracker beef

By RecipeTin Eats

Total Time: 15 Minutes

Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Ingredients

▢1½ tbsp oil (vegetable, canola, peanut)

▢500g / 1 lb beef mince / ground beef

▢2 garlic cloves , finely minced

▢1 tsp chilli flakes / red pepper flakes (adjust to your taste)

▢3 tbsp water

FIRECRACKER SAUCE

▢2 tbsp soy sauce , light or all-purpose

▢2 tbsp rice vinegar

▢4 tbsp sriracha sauce

▢4 tbsp brown sugar

Instructions

Step 1 - Sauce: Mix Firecracker sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.

Step 2 - 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.

Step 3 - 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!

Step 4 - Water: Add the water and cook for 1 minute (the water makes the beef saucier!)

Step 5 - 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!