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Sticky Beef Sesame Stir-fry with Brown Rice & Green Beans
Our speedy beef bowl stars juicy British beef mince. Sizzled with flavour powerhouses like sesame, Asian paste & honey. Crunchy green beans and vibrant pepper for a hit of veg. Layered up with brown rice and spring onions. Grab your chopsticks and dig in!
Ready in 20
High protein
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 tsp black sesame seeds (Sesame)
- 250g steamed brown basmati rice (Natural Brown Basmati Rice – Steamed (98%), Rice Bran Oil, Acacia Fibre.)
- 25g honey
- 4 tbsp Asian paste (Soya) (Garlic, Ginger, Tamari sauce (Water, Soyabeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar), Red Chilli, Rapeseed oil, Yeast extract powder (Yeast Extract, Salt).)
- 2 spring onion
- 1 pepper
- 160g green beans
- 280g beef mince (british beef mince (10% fat))
- 1 tbsp sesame oil (Sesame)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 642
Protein: 40g
Carbs: 50g
Fat: 31g
Ingredients
- 1 tsp black sesame seeds (use half) (Sesame)
- 1 pepper (use half)
- 1 tbsp sesame oil (use half) (Sesame)
- 160g green beans (use half)
- 25g honey (use half)
- 140g beef mince (british beef mince (10% fat))
- 4 tbsp Asian paste (Soya) (Garlic, Ginger, Tamari sauce (Water, Soyabeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar), Red Chilli, Rapeseed oil, Yeast extract powder (Yeast Extract, Salt).)
- 2 spring onion
- 250g steamed brown basmati rice (use half) (Natural Brown Basmati Rice – Steamed (98%), Rice Bran Oil, Acacia Fibre.)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 704
Protein: 41g
Carbs: 55g
Fat: 35g
Sticky Beef Sesame Stir-fry with Brown Rice & Green Beans
Our speedy beef bowl stars juicy British beef mince. Sizzled with flavour powerhouses like sesame, Asian paste & honey. Crunchy green beans and vibrant pepper for a hit of veg. Layered up with brown rice and spring onions. Grab your chopsticks and dig in!
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Pull out 2 large frying pans & a measuring jug
Get started
- Trim the green beans and cut into thirds. Thinly slice the pepper
- Heat a large frying pan with half the sesame oil on high heat. Once hot, add the beef, green beans and pepper. Season with salt and pepper
- Cook for 5 mins, breaking the beef up with a wooden spoon, until golden brown and tender
Combine the flavours
- Meanwhile, thinly slice the spring onions, keeping the green and white parts separate
- Add the Asian paste, honey, the spring onion whites and 50ml water (25ml for 1 person) to the pan. Cook for 3-4 mins, until the veg and beef are cooked
Heat up the rice
- Heat the other large frying pan on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the rice and break it up with a wooden spoon. Add a splash of water and cook for 2-3 mins, until piping hot
- Stir the remaining sesame oil through the rice and season with a pinch of salt
Plate up
- Share the beef stir-fry between bowls, with the rice alongside. Garnish with the remaining spring onion greens and the sesame seeds
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