Firecracker Beef
I need a spicy Asian food fix!
Lovers of Asian food will understand exactly what I mean.
The satisfaction the beast seeks is particular.
Firecracker sauce – simple to make with few ingredients!
Its chilli-laced, big-flavoured Asian food.
Im talking the likes ofThai Drunken Noodles.Chilli Garlic Prawns.Dan Dan Noodles.Laksa.
Anything bold-tasting with wallop of tongue-tickling spicy heat.
Firecracker sauce – simple to make with few ingredients!
Nothing else will do!
Think spicy, deeply savoury leaning a little sweet, all given some legs with a touch of vinegar.
Its as tasty as they come and very, very fast to make!
Cooking Firecracker Beef
What you need for Firecracker Beef
Heres what it’s crucial that you make Firecracker sauce.
Sriracha A Thai chilli sauce sold everywhere these days (Asian aisle and/or sauce aisle of supermarkets).
This is the main source of spiciness in this recipe.
To reduce the spiciness, dial the chilli flakes back first before reducing sriracha.
Sriracha adds more flavour into the dish than chilli flakes, so its more essential.
Beef mince(ground beef) Any fat percentage is fine: lean or standard.
The fattier it is, the better the beef will caramelise.
Other proteins Ground chicken, pork or turkey all work well with Firecracker sauce!
Sugar Firecracker sauces flavour profile is spicy and sweet, so this is the sweet.
It also helps the beef caramelise which adds even more flavour to the overall dish.
Rice vinegar This provides the sharpness in the dish to offset the sweet and savoury.
Light soy The primary source of salt for this recipe.
Firecracker Beef – moistened up and ready to serve!
More on different types of soy sauces and how to substitutehere!
Garlic Fresh garlic is an essential aromatic flavour base that appears in 99% of my savoury recipes.
Youd be hard pressed to find a dinner recipewithoutgarlic!
How to make Firecracker Beef
Youre 15 minutes away from happily hoovering this down!
Ready, set, GO!
Firecracker sauce Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
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Then add the garlic and chilli flakes and cook for another 1 minute until the garlic bits are golden.
Caramelisation is the key to making a wickedly good Firecrackeranything, so dont shortcut this step!
Moisten it up After the beef is caramelised, youll notice that it looks a bit dried out.
This is because all the sauce has reduced, caramelised and stuck to the beef (= flavour!)
Give it a quick stir and its done!
To eat, just mix the beef through the rice and devour with a spoon.
Because the beef is generously flavoured, I dont even feel the need for dressing over the vegetables.
If you wanted something quick though, try myAsian Sesame Dressing.
I havent made any of these before but now I want to try them, immediately!!
A surprising number of people brought their dogs in!!!
Then re-united 12 hours later.
But the logistics of taking him to Melbourne was just too hard.
Next book well make it happen!
He was in high demand, thats for sure.
