Speedy Caramelized Beef Bowls
with Sticky Lemongrass-Scented Rice
This quick and easy bowl is inspired by the bold flavours of Vietnam, and features caramelized beef and zesty aromatics. Get to know fragrant lemongrass at the dinner table tonight.
Ingredients: Ground beef • Bok choy • Jasmine rice • Vegetarian oyster sauce (water, sugars (sugar, fancy molasses), salt, modified corn starch, soy sauce (soybean, maltodextrin, salt), hydrolyzed soy protein, mushroom juice concentrate, soybean oil, yeast extract, natural flavour (soy), xanthan gum, phosphoric acid, caramel, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) (soy) • Ginger garlic puree (garlic, water, ginger, soybean oil, spices, citric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) • Green onion • Crispy shallots (onion, palm oil, wheat flour, salt) (wheat) • Brown sugar (cane sugar, molasses) • Sriracha (chili peppers, sugars (sugar, glucose), water, salt, garlic, vegetable oil, xanthan gum, acetic acid, citric acid, caramel, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate) • Lemongrass • Red chili pepper.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
250 g
Ground Beef
¾ cup
Jasmine Rice
2 unit(s)
Shanghai Bok Choy
28 g
Crispy Shallots
(Contains: Wheat May contain traces of: Gluten)
2 tbsp
Ginger-Garlic Puree
(May contain traces of: Soy, Sulphites, Milk)
2 unit(s)
Green Onion
1 unit(s)
Lemongrass
1 unit(s)
Chili Pepper
¼ cup
Vegetarian Oyster Sauce
(Contains: Soy May contain traces of: Mustard, Gluten, Milk, Sulphites, Fish, Crustaceans, Tree nuts, Wheat, Egg, Soy, Sesame)
2 tbsp
Brown Sugar
(May contain traces of: Mustard, Soy, Egg, Fish, Wheat, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sulphites, Crustaceans, Sesame, Milk)
2 tsp
Sriracha
(May contain traces of: Sesame, Crustaceans, Egg, Fish, Wheat, Milk, Sulphites, Gluten, Soy, Tree nuts, Mustard)
Not included in your delivery
0.06 tsp
Pepper*
0.19 tsp
Salt*
½ tbsp
Oil*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Before starting, add 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 cups) water and 1/8 tsp (1/4 tsp) salt to a medium pot. Cover and bring to a boil over high.
- Wash and dry all produce.
- Remove outer layer of lemongrass, then halve lengthwise. Place on a cutting board, cut-side down. Using the back of a spoon or a pot, forcefully hit lemongrass to crush.
- Using a strainer, rinse rice until water runs clear.
- To the boiling water, add rice and lemongrass, then reduce heat to medium-low.
- Cover and cook for 12-14 min, until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed. (NOTE: Reduce heat to low if water is boiling over.)
- Remove from heat. Set aside, still covered.
- Separate bok choy leaves from stems.
- Place in a strainer and rinse under cool water. Pat dry with paper towels, then cut stems into 1-inch pieces.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high.
- When the pan is hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then beef. Break up beef into smaller pieces. Add bok choy stems.
- Cook for 4-5 min, stirring often, until no pink remains in beef.**
- Add brown sugar and ginger-garlic puree. Cook for 2-3 min, stirring often, until mixture is fragrant and turns dark brown.
- Meanwhile, thinly slice green onions.
- Finely chop chili, removing seeds for less heat. (TIP: We suggest using gloves when prepping chilies.)
- To the pan with beef, stir in vegetarian oyster sauce, bok choy leaves, 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) water and 1/8 tsp (1/4 tsp) chilies. (Like things spicy? Add more chilies!). Cook, stirring often, until bok choy leaves wilt.
- Remove from heat, then season with salt and pepper.
- Remove and discard lemongrass. Fluff rice with a fork, then stir in half the green onions and half the crispy shallots.
- Divide rice between bowls.
- Top with caramelized beef and bok choy mixture.
- Sprinkle with remaining green onions and remaining crispy shallots.
- Drizzle with sriracha and sprinkle any remaining chilies over top, if you like.
If you've opted to get beef, cook in the same way the recipe instructs you to cook the pork.**